Record ID: SF-567116
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval circa 14th century harness pendant, square in shape measuring 40.94mm in length and 32.73mm in width. With a suspension loop set at right angles to the plane of the pendant. The front face is gilded and ornamented with incised cross-hatching, with a circular inset containing a shield on a blue enamelled background. The shield bears enamelled arms that can be blazoned as: chevronny (or chevronelly) of six, gules [red enamel] and argent [white enamel]. There are recorded arms of 'chevronelly of six, gules and argent' for a family named Chalkhill of Middlesex - but they are …
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 18th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Barton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-EAEAA1
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval enamelled horse harness pendant, octagonal with concave sides. Quarterly 1 and 4 Azure semy-de-lis [Or] (France Ancient) 2 and 3 Gules three lions passant guardant [Or] (England). Cf. Ashley (2002) fig. 23 no. 226. Height 41.5mm. Width 32mm. c.1340 - 1405.
Created on: Thursday 27th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 22nd April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Walsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-29B540
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn enamelled copper-alloy heraldic horse harness pendant of Medieval date, c. AD 1270-1400. Description: The pendant is of quatrefoil / quatrelobed form with an angular knops between each lobe. Taking up much of the centre is a shield of arms displaying the royal arms of England consisting of three lions on a field of red (heraldically:Gules, three lions passant guardant). The shield is in the common 'heater' form with angular top corners. Decoration in the lobes is uncertain due to wear. At the apex of the pendant the suspension loop remains. Measurements: Length:14.50…
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 11th May 2021
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Record ID: YORYM-956828
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy quatrefoil harness pendant, with a device on both sides. The bottom lobe is missing, along with the suspension loop. The artefact is in poor condition, but on one side much of the enamel survives and the heraldic design is fairly clear. A central shield is surrounded by blue lobes, with a bare border around the edge of the pendant. The shield has three red roundels in the upper portion, and at least two horizontal red bars in the lower portion, all within a red border. It is likely that the rest of the shield was either gold or silver. I Szymanski has identi…
Created on: Thursday 12th March 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 15th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blyth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-12F905
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post-Medieval copper alloy bridle boss depicting the arms of the United Kingdom, missing a fragment of the outside edge. It measures 57.71x60.96mm and weighs 29.9g. The boss consists of a domed centre surrounded by thirteen triangular projections (one is missing so there would have been fourteen) surmounted by a fleur de lis. One at the top in the centre is pierced with a 4.72mm diameter hole. The projection directly opposite this is the fourteenth missing projection, and presumably this would have a piercing too. The mount depicts a lion and unicorn standing either side of…
Created on: Wednesday 18th March 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
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Record ID: WMID-2C9507
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver seal matrix with lion rampant (right) motif, of Post medieval dating (AD 1500 to AD 1700). Around 50% of the matrix is present, with an incomplete handle. The die face is oval and it has a hexagonally facetted conical handle. The handle is a double-collared probable trefoil terminal. The motif is a lion rampant within incised line and beaded border. The seal matrix has a height of 11.3 mm. The die face measures 17.2 mm by 15.6 mm. It weighs 3.8 g. The lion rampant motif was a familiar heraldic symbol, and a matrix of this type would have been a gene…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandbach', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-D5A2F6
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper shield shaped harness pendant. Protruding from the upper edge of the pendant is an incomplete integral loop set perpendicular to the face of the pendant, on a short, rectangular sectioned neck. One face of the pendant is decorated with a heraldic design, with three, lions passant. The field around the lions, which are in high relief, has traces of red enamel. The reverse of the pendant is undecorated. There are traces of a heavy mid green patina on the surface, otherwise the pendant is abraded and corroded. It measures 43.3mm long and 26.59mm wide and weighs 9.7g.…
Created on: Tuesday 1st March 2011
Last updated: Friday 25th March 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-55C6A7
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy medieval harness mount complete with the suspension mount dating to circa 13th-14th century.The pendant is quatrefoil in form with a centrally placed shield with a fleur-de -lis in each lobe. The shield details are unclear due to corrosion but the lower image appears crown like,with red enamel within the field. The four fleurs-de-lis are set in a field of blue enamel. The rounded suspension mount is secured to the pendant by a probable iron rivet which has iron staining evident.The attachment pin is rounded with slight burring to the end.The back has evidence of sp…
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 6th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-7B15B5
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy harness pendant of the medieval period, c. 14th century. The pendant is shield shaped with a projecting suspension loop from the centre of the pendant's top edge. The face of the pendant is decorated, but wear and corrosion have made this difficult to identify, though traces remain of red and blue enamel, probably quartered from the location of remaining traces. The reverse is undecorated. It measures 50.67 by 28.61 mm and weighs 5.6 g. This pendant has been noted by Baker (2015, 10). He describes it as 'Quarterly 1 and 4 Or a lion rampant sable'. Su…
Created on: Thursday 2nd December 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 18th November 2020
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Record ID: HESH-90CBF5
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy furniture fitting of post medieval date (1450-1750). The fitting is incomplete being a fragment from a drop handle (or draw pull). Only the lower section survives, the rectangular upper loop is lost and the break is relatively worn and abraded, suggesting damage in antiquity. The plate of the handle is sub-rectangular in both plan and cross section; the edges are bevelled. The lower edge is bifurcated and curves on the reverse, two small sub-rectangular knops are positioned on the outer edge. The upper face is decorated with a raised shield shaped moulding with a ser…
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2010
Last updated: Friday 3rd December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-21DC54
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy lozenge shaped (shield shaped) harness mount of medieval date. The mount has a rivet hole at the bottom and two at the top, one on each side. The mount is heraldic, although it is somewhat worn and the device is not easy to discern in its entirety. Traces of gilding are evident on the surface and the central device is a lion rampant over either a Per Bend Sinister or a Bendy Sinister. The lion appears red, though traces of the original enamel surface suggest that it was originally blue. The heraldic device may therefore be described as Or on either Per Bend Sinister or …
Created on: Friday 10th December 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2012
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Record ID: WMID-2393F1
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy medieval shield-shaped heraldic stud. The object is quite worn and much of the heraldic design is missing. However, the central charge appears to have been a gules (red enamel) cross pattee although the background colour is uncertain. The reverse has a projecting attachment stud. The mount measures 13.59 mm long, 12.00 mm wide, 7.6 mm thick and weighs 2.0 grams. It has a worn and rough green patina. It is most likely to be 13th to 14th century in date.
Created on: Friday 10th December 2010
Last updated: Friday 21st August 2020
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Record ID: LON-391924
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval ceramic body sherd from a German (possibly Frechen) stoneware vessel dated 1595. This body sherd includes part of an applied heraldic medallion. The device shows a shield with a rampant lion in both the upper left and right quadrants. The shield is surrounded by scrolling foliage. Above the shield there is the date 1595. The fabric is dark grey with a mottled brown salt glaze. Dimensions: weight: 32.05g.
Created on: Saturday 11th December 2010
Last updated: Saturday 11th December 2010
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Record ID: LON-2164F2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval pottery body sherd from a jug or bottle of Saintonge ware with a clear green glaze (1280-1350). The vessel has a white fabric with yellow glaze on the interior and green glaze on the exterior. There is moulded decoration on the exterior showing a fleur-de-lis with a crown above within an elongated hexagon. Dimensions: weight: 17.09g. Identified by Roy Stephenson Medieval and Post Medieval pottery specialist.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd December 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd December 2010
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Record ID: IOW-F27601
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval cast copper-alloy harness pendant (c. 1175-c. 1400). The plate is roughly square in plan, decorated at the front and flat and plain at the rear. At the centre along the top edge is a suspension loop with its shaft. The loop at the top projects forwards slightly. The front has a square frame containing a circle containing a lion passant guardant facing sinister. It has traces of gilding at the front. 23.6 x 14.7 x 5.2mm. Weight: 3.09g.
Created on: Saturday 1st January 2011
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-306542
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cast lead alloy cufflink decorated with a double heart motif dating c. 1660 - 1700. This is one part of a cufflink with double heart decoration. It has a flat circular disc with an attachment loop projecting from the reverse; aligned with the casting seam. The front is decorated with raised decoration of two hearts and a crown above, with a pellet to the left and right of the crown and in between the hearts. The decoration is contained within a raised border at the outermost edge, and the recessed ground is textured with a pattern of fine repeating pellets. Cuff…
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2011
Last updated: Monday 10th January 2011
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Record ID: BERK-7067D1
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy medieval horse harness pendant, complete. The pendant is rectangular with a central circular motif within which is a cross of Toulouse in black (sable) on a background of red enamel. In English heraldic terms the design can be desribed as gules a cross clechy pommety and voided sable. The cross of Toulouse is distinguished by the 12 bobbles (or pommettes) in sets of three on the end of each cross arm. There is the remains of a drilled hole towards the base of the central motif - this seems common practice when compaired to other examples recorded on this database (…
Created on: Friday 7th January 2011
Last updated: Thursday 15th April 2021
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Record ID: NLM-ACF923
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy with enamel harness pendant. Cast shield-shaped pendant, with stub of an apical suspension loop. A design of three red (gules) enamel chevrons appears against a ground of uncertain tint, possibly either white (argent) or yellow (or). This may indicate the differenced arms of, and hence affiliation with, the de Clare earls of Gloucester; Gilbert de Clare (died 1295) was the leading baron of his day (Jim Halliday record sheet, 18 November 2007, drawing on information from I.H. Szymanski). Suggested date: Medieval, 1250-1350. Length: 27.1mm, Width: 15.8mm, Thickness: 1.…
Created on: Monday 10th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 11th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Faldingworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-B0A9D0
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy heraldic harness pendant of medieval date. The pendant is lonzenge shaped (shield shaped) and has a broken suspension loop at the top, angled at 90 degrees to the face of the pendant. The pendant suffers from considerable wear and almost all traces of the original enamel are missing. However, the shield is divided into two sections (Per Fes in heraldic terms) and the top half is emblazoned with a checky design. Tiny traces of red (gules) enamel possibly survive on the top half though very little remains on the bottom. The reverse is unadorned. The pendant measures …
Created on: Monday 10th January 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
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Record ID: WMID-B11322
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a copper-alloy harness suspension mount of medieval date, formed from a cut piece of metal. The mount is incomplete and has two perforations in the centre, presumably for attachment rivets. The upper one is broken. Slight rounding at the edges of the break suggests that there were two further circular perforations, one either side of the central broken one. The bottom shoulders of the mount are convex, having been pushed out from the reverse, an apparently deliberate part of the design. At the bottom, held by two projecting arms, there is an attachment bar for suspension of a …
Created on: Monday 10th January 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2018
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