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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: BERK-C57448
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A worn but complete cast copper alloy heraldic horse harness pendant of the medieval period. The pendant is heater shield shaped with a suspension loop at the top. The pendant appears to bear the blazon 'gules, three lions passant gardant in pale or (armed and langued azure)'. These are the Royal Arms of England, issued during the reign of Richard I (AD 1189-1999), known in this form until 1340 (after, shown quartered with the French), although as Ashley (2002, 8) notes, this date cannot be used as a definite terminus ante quem A small area of gilding remains but the red enamel has mostly degraded. It is likely that this pendant would have belonged on the harnesses of horses belonging to retainers or workers of royal lands and estates during the later 13th and 14th century AD.
Notes:
Arms: England
Class: heraldic
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Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1270
Date to: Circa AD 1399
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 17.7 mm
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Weight: 4.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 12th October 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: WWEDTOCT13.DS024
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Heraldic
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: East Hendred (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4589
Four figure Latitude: 51.59805371
Four figure longitude: -1.35172048
1:25K map: SU4589
1:10K map: SU48NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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