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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: NLM-67491E
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy harness pendant. Cast heraldic harness pendant comprising a heater shield shaped plate with an oval suspension loop with drilled aperture of diameter 1.8mm at right angles to the display face and angled to project in front of it. The device comprises three red enamel chevrons on a field of uncertain tint, though a tiny spot of gilding is retained under the suspension loop. The device may refer to the Arms of Clare, Earls of Gloucester and Hereford. Suggested date: Medieval, 1250-1350.
Length: 32.3mm, Width: 19.6mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 2.3mm, Weight: 5.37gms.
Notes:
Arms: Clare, de.
Class: heraldic
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.3 mm
Width: 19.6 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 5.37 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 13th May 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM25693a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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