Record ID: BERK-5A17C5
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper-alloy shield-shaped mount with a single, integrally cast, spike for attachment projecting from the centre of the reverse. The front is decorated with a heraldic coat of arms design in enamel. About 60% of the enamel has been lost. The design consists of 6 (or possibly 5) diagonal stripes of alternating blue and ?gold which cover the lower two thirds of the shield and run in the direction top left to lower right. The upper third of the shield is red and has two 5-pointed stars in ?gold with red pellet centres. In heraldic terminology this reads as: Bendy of six Azu…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 10th September 2020
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