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LOT 1755
Medieval Knight's Enamelled Bronze Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant Group
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
11/4 - 1 3/8 in. (24 grams total, 33-36 mm).
Including quatrefoil and octagonal types with heraldic motifs: lion passant and three lions passant gardant. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
Acquired from the early 1980s.
From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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LOT 1755
Medieval Knight's Enamelled Bronze Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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