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LOT 1739
Medieval Knight's Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.41 grams, 28 mm).
Quatrefoil-type with interstitial lobes, central square panel with lion rampant.
Provenance
Found Romney Marsh area, 2023.
Property of a Kent gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Ashley, S., Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk, East Anglian Archaeology 101, Dereham, 2002, item 209.
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LOT 1739
Medieval Knight's Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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