Rights Holder: Hampshire Cultural Trust
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Unique ID: HAMP-DA0118
Object type certainty: Certain
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A medieval copper alloy enamelled (and probably originally silvered or gilded) heraldic horse harness pendant, incomplete in so far as it is missing almost all of its enamel decoration. It is shield-shaped and a suspension loop turned through 90 degrees projects from the centre of the straight uppermost edge.
The harness pendant depicts three lions rampant on a background of (now) red enamel. AA copper alloy concretion covers much of the surface and the reverse is worn and missing all of its original patina.
The object measures 35.2mm in length, 19.3mm in width, 1.7mm in thickness, 4.9mm in depth (at the loop) and weighs 4.10g.
Harness pendants are generally dated from the twelfth to the fourteenth century, with enamelled and heraldic types predominating in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries (Griffiths, 1995 : 62). A precise association with a known individual or family is uncertain in this insatnce due to the lack of surviving enamel (probably originally red) and gilding/silvering of the lions.
Class: Heraldic
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.2 mm
Width: 19.3 mm
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 4.1 g
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Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 614
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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