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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: NLM-39F247
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy harness pendant. Cast heater shield-shaped plate with an oval suspension loop at right angles to its display plane. The shield is charged with a lion rampant left against an enamelled field of an indeterminate tint, either black [sable] or dark blue [azure]; the tail of the lion may be forked. The colour of the lion, which was presumably a metal [i.e. silver/argent or gold/or] is uncertain. The lion or leopard [in or] was associated with England from the 13th century onwards, and [in argent] later with the Dukes of Norfolk. The loop is now open at its top. Suggested date: Medieval, 1250-1350
Length: 39.7mm, Width: 23.4mm, Thickness (plate): 1.8mm, Weight: 6.62gms
Notes:
Arms: England or Norfolk?
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: 39.7 mm
Width: 23.4 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 6.62 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 22nd July 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM40227
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Heraldic
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Roxby cum Risby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9415
Four figure Latitude: 53.62310946
Four figure longitude: -0.58024978
1:25K map: SE9415
1:10K map: SE91NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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