Medieval 'Clare Family' Bronze Heraldic Horse Saddle Mount

13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.

2 in. (23.3 grams, 51 mm).

Comprising a heater shield with three enamelled chevrons, three brackets each with a pierced lobe finial; blazoned 'or three chevrons gules', arms of the Clare family. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, UK.

Literature

See Ashley, S., Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk, East Anglian Archaeology 101, Dereham, 2002, p.42, for discussion.

CONDITION

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