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LOT 0354
Medieval Knight's Enamelled Bronze 'Richard de Valoines' Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (38 grams, 78 mm).
With substantial hook, pyramidal collar and enamelled lozenge panels: obverse with a red bend bearing three reserved stars on a blue-striped field; reverse with reserved bend on blue field with six reserved stars, an extremely rare type.
Provenance
Found Grimsby, UK.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Footnotes
The arms to the obverse are similar to those of Richard de Valoines (barry of six azure and or, a bend gules).
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LOT 0354
Medieval Knight's Enamelled Bronze 'Richard de Valoines' Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
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