Large Medieval Knight's Bronze Royal Heraldic Horse Harness Mount

13TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.

2 5/8 in. (34.6 grams, 70 mm).

Heater-shaped with low relief of three lions passant guardant. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of the late Graham Slater (1927-2024), Cambridge, UK, acquired 1980s-1990s.

Literature

Cf. Ashley, S., Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk, East Anglian Archaeology 101, Dereham, 2002, item 55, for type, and 238, for arms; and cf. Clark, J. ed., The Medieval Horse And Its Equipment, Museum of London, 2004, item 64.

CONDITION

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