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LOT 1568

Medieval Knight's Bronze Royal Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant with the Arms of England

14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.

1 3/4 in. (10 grams, 44 mm).

Of a heater shield form with the three lions of England reserved against a red enamel background, with suspension loop. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Cambridgeshire, before 1990.
Acquired on the UK market, 1999.
Property of a retired academic.

Literature

See Ashley, S., Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk, East Anglian Archaeology 101, 2002, no.67, for a very similar example.

CONDITION

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LOT 1568

Medieval Knight's Bronze Royal Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant with the Arms of England

Sold for (Inc. bp): £143

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