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

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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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