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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: LEIC-F72151
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant, 48mm long, 31mm wide and 4mm thick with a weight of 15.83grams. The object is a complete shield shaped pendant with an integral suspension loop in the centre of its flat upper edge. It is decorated with a lion rampant, left which is set in a field of blue enamel, the lower portion of which is now missing. The lion has traces of gilding on its body and is contained in a heavily gilded scalloped border, which runs to the edge of the object. The reverse is plain.
Kevin Woodward suggests that these are the arms of Sir Roger Tyrell 'Azure a lion rampant argent within a bordure engrailed Or' as depicted on the Parliamentary Roll (c1312) No 937 https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:The_Parliamentary_Roll
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48 mm
Width: 31 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 15.83 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
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