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LOT 1592
Medieval Bronze Knight's Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant with Royal Lion
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (12.4 grams, 38 mm).
Quatrefoil-type with low-relief leaf detailing, pellets between the leaves with red enamel fill, central rectangular panel with red enamel fill and reserved lion passant; integral suspension lug. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Farnborough, Kent, UK, circa 1987.
LiteratureCf. Ashley, S., Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk, East Anglian Archaeology 101, Dereham, 2002, item 205, for type.
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LOT 1592
Medieval Bronze Knight's Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant with Royal Lion
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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Found Thames foreshore spoil, 1980s.
The purse was originally suspended on straps from a badge bearing a fleur-de-lys within a ring.