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]

Provenance

Found Farnborough, Kent, UK, circa 1987.

Literature

Cf. Ashley, S., Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk, East Anglian Archaeology 101, Dereham, 2002, item 205, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 1592