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Harness pendant
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Suffolk County Council Archaeology Service, Faye Minter, 2005-11-02 17:08:07
Title
Harness pendant
Description
English: A copper-alloy shield shaped medieval circa 14th century harness pendant. This pendant measures 39.2mm in length and 25.9mm in width. The suspension loop is set at right angles to the plane of the pendant. The front face of the pendant is decorated with a heraldic design of three chevrons, the chevrons have traces of red enamel within them and around them there is traces of gilding this heraldry was therefore Or three chevrons Gules.

This is the heraldic device of the de Clare family, Earls of Gloucester and Hereford. Similar pendants of de Clare are also known from Norfolk (Ashley 2002, p11 fig 11 and p42 no 59).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Norfolk
Date between 1300 and 1400
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1300-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 109365
Old ref: SF-652645
Filename: ThetfordSF-652645.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/81417
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/81417/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/109365
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