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LOT 2140

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 guardant. [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 2140

Medieval Knight's Enamelled Bronze Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £130

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