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MEDIEVAL GILT 'WALSINGHAM' HORSE HARNESS PENDANT 14th-15th century AD A scallop shell harness pendant with traces of gilding; hinged hanger with small scallop shell at top, pin to reverse. 7.53 grams, 42mm (1 3/4"). Extremely fine condition. Provenance From an old North Country collection; found near Walsingham, Norfolk, UK, 2005. Literature See Clark, John, The Medieval Horse and its Equipment, Museum of London, 2004, no.72 for a similar example. Footnotes The scallop shell is a feature often seen on lead holy water ampullae for Pilgrim shrines at Walsingham and elsewhere in East Anglia; see Mitchiner, Michael, Medieval Pilgrim and Secular Badges, London, 1986, pp.138-152 for examples; the emblem also appears for St James of Compostella.