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LOT 1813

Sold for (Inc. bp): £59

MEDIEVAL 'PUBLISHED' KNIGHT'S HERALDIC HORSE HARNESS MOUNT AND PENDANT GROUP
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 - 2 1/8 in. (29.9 grams total, 32-55 mm).

Circular pendant with eight lobes representing scallop shells, central roundel in red enamel, cross surrounded by a garland of daisies in blue enamel; lozenge-shaped pendant showing possibly a bird in flight. [2, No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.

PUBLISHED:
Bailey, G., Detector Finds 2, Witham, 1995, p.50-51, no.7, for the mount, and 31, for the lozenge-shaped pendant.

FOOTNOTES:
The earliest known examples of heraldic pendants appeared in 12th century A.D., when the heraldry became popular among the western medieval knights, and their use as horse harness developed further in 13th-15th centuries A.D.

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