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LOT 1587
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.
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LOT 1587
Medieval 'Clare Family' Bronze Heraldic Horse Saddle Mount
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
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