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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: NLM-CD8F6A
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy probable harness pendant. Cast heater shield-shaped plate with the stub of a suspension loop [now lost] on its upper straight edge. Kevin Woodward kindly comments as follows, correcting an earlier description by this reporter: 'The heraldic description of the arms is incorrect, especially the 'bend' part as it shows a 'fess dancetty' not a 'bend' which is a diagonal band. These arms appear to be for the D'Eyncourt family - a well known Lincolnshire family. The full heraldic description will be "Sable, a fess dancetty between ten billets, four and six, Or". There is a trace of gilding on the fess dancetty, but the enamel field is now reduced to slight greenish patches, presumably stained by corrosion. Suggested date: Medieval, 1250-1350.
Height: 20.5mm, Width: 15.7mm, Thickness: 2.6mm, Weight: 3.98gms.
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
Height: 20.5 mm
Width: 15.7 mm
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Weight: 3.98 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM33726
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Heraldic
Completeness: Incomplete
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: near Caistor
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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