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MEDIEVAL HERALDIC HORSE HARNESS PENDANT GROUP 13th-14th century AD A mixed group of bronze heater-shaped harness pendants comprising: one with a horse or unicorn(?) passant (Stansam family); one with reserved eagle(?) displayed on a blue field (Cotton family); one with a lion(?) passant and a three-branch tree. 24 grams total, 42-44mm (1 3/4"). [3, No Reserve] Condition Fine condition. Provenance Ex Stratford collection, Suffolk, UK; acquired on the UK art market after 2000. Literature Cf. Ashley, S. Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk, East Anglian Archaeology 101, Dereham, 2002, items 77, 145, 88, 243.