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LOT 1672
Medieval Bronze 'Stansam and Cotton Families' Knight's Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant Group
13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 - 1 5/8 in. (21.4 grams total, 42-43 mm).
Including one with a horse or unicorn(?) passant (Stansam family); one with reserved eagle(?) displayed on a blue field (Cotton family). [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found UK.
Acquired on the UK art market after 2000.
Ex Stratford collection, Suffolk, UK.
Literature
Cf. Ashley, S., Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk, East Anglian Archaeology 101, Dereham, 2002, items 77, 145, 88, 243.
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LOT 1672
Medieval Bronze 'Stansam and Cotton Families' Knight's Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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