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LOT 0375
Large Medieval Knight's Enamelled Bronze Heraldic Plaque with the Arm of the Valance Family, Earls of Pembroke and those of the Barons of Cobham in Kent
CIRCA 1250-1400 A.D.
2 5/8 in. (42 grams, 68 mm).
Heater-shaped appliqué with enamelled heraldic design: impaled arms: barry or and azure, an orle of martlets gules; gules a chevron three lions rampant. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Puddlestone, West Doreset, UK, by Charles Bullock.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.DOR-0FEBB5.
Accompanied by a copy of the UKDFD report no.57413.
Accompanied by a handwritten transcription from an email from Rod Blunt discussing this pendant in detail.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Footnotes
The arms have been identified by Rod Blunt as possibly those of the Valance Family, Earls of Pembroke with those of the Barons of Cobham in Kent.
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LOT 0375
Large Medieval Knight's Enamelled Bronze Heraldic Plaque with the Arm of the Valance Family, Earls of Pembroke and those of the Barons of Cobham in Kent
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
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