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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: SF-ACACD7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy heraldic harness pendant of Medieval date. It is shield-shaped in form with an integrally cast oval suspension loop set at right angles to the plane of the plate and with a central circular aperture. The front face of the plate has enamelled and gilded or silvered decoration carrying a heraldic device. This depicts a lion rampant left on a blue enamelled field, over which is a red diagonal band with three five-pointed stars or mullets that appears to have originally been gilded or silvered. The heraldry might be interpreted as: Azure, a lion rampant [Or or Argent], over all a bend Gules charged with three [mullets?] Or or Argent. It measures 36.56mm in length, 22.87mm in width, 2.24mm in thickness and 6.92g in weight.
This is a heraldic harness pendant of Medieval date. The heraldry has not as yet been closely identified, but finds similarities with the families of Boylan, Colvile and Weyland of Suffolk (Azure a lion rampant Argent debruised by a bend Gules). It is likely to be of 14th century AD date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.56 mm
Width: 22.87 mm
Thickness: 2.24 mm
Weight: 6.92 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st November 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Near Bury St Edmunds
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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