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LOT 1280
Medieval Horse Harness Mount Group
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 1 3/4 in. (32.1 grams total, 12-46 mm).
A group of bronze horse harness mounts comprising: a medallion with openwork design portraying a griffin pouncing on a hare within a decoratively notched frame, mounting lugs to reverse; a stylised running hare mount with two mounting lugs to reverse; two attachments with three stylised fleur-de-lys radiating from a central opening, mounting lugs to the reverses; ten stylised floral mounts, broadly triangular in plan with scrolled detailing, mounting lugs to reverse of each. [14]
Provenance
North American collection, 1990s-2000s.
Property of a Surrey gentleman.
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