Medieval Bronze Knight's 'Swinburn Family' Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant with Three Boar's Heads

13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.

1 3/4 in. (16.2 grams, 45 mm).

Heater shield-shaped with integral suspension loop to the upper edge; one face displaying a heraldic device composed of three boars' heads left with remaining traces of red enamel in the field.

Provenance

Found near Snargate, Kent, UK.
Property of a Kent gentleman.

Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-56AC78, dating it to c.1280-1350 A.D.

Literature

See Woodcock & Flower, Dictionary of British Arms 4, 2014, pp.150-151.

Footnotes

The triple boar's head arms is associated with several members of the Swinburne (sometimes Swynbourne) family in the late 13th to early 14th century period.

CONDITION

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