Silver, 6.06 grams, 48.91 mm. Circa 13th century AD. A cast silver pendant formed as a pair of animal heads emerging from a central lozengiform plate with a bulbous finial and knop beneath. The suspension loop at the top is thick, with the suspension ring still in place. Reference: cf. zoomorphic plate pendants from grave 14 in the 13th century cemetery at Podini-Rusini, Latvia, in Griciuviene, E. Ziemgaliai - The Semigallians, Vilnius, 2005 p.66-8. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old collection.

Copper-alloy,12.02 grams, 41.26 mm. Circa 14th century AD. A cast copper-alloy pendant in the form of a heater shield with pierced suspension plate above. The shield is formed with recessed designs for champ leve enamel. The arms comprise a bend coticed between six lions rampant. Arms of this description were carried by Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford who was born on 25th March 1342 and died on16th January 1373, at Pleshey, Essex. Humphrey's father, William de Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton, died in 1360 and his uncle, Earl Humphrey, in 1361 leaving him the Earldoms of Hereford and Essex, and the office of Constable of England. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1365. Humphrey died aged 31 on 16th January 1373; his early death is regarded as suspicious, as he had been implicated in the poisoning of Thomas Beauchamp, 3rd Earl of Warwick. Reference: cf. harness pendants in Read, B. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, vol.1, Langport, 2001 items 409-16. Fine condition. Provenance: found Northamptonshire, UK.

Copper-alloy, 3.80 grams, 17.72 mm. Circa 13th-15th century AD. A cast copper-alloy stud in the form of a heater shield with attachment rivet to the rear. The face of the shield is differenced with gilt billets above and below, and emblazoned with a gilt lion passant on the enamel background. The lion passant is a prominent feature of many heraldic shields including those of the families of Pugh and Stuart. Reference: Foster, J. The Dictionary of Heraldry. Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees, reprinted London, 1989. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old collection.

Copper-alloy, 12.86 grams, 39.55 mm. Circa 13th-15th century AD. A cast copper-alloy pendant in the form of a lozenge with suspension loop above. The surface is red enamel with an enamelled bend between six crosses patty. The arms are probably based on those of the Peverell family (gules crusilly patty or) with a bend for difference. The lozenge was used by females in place of the shield used by males. Reference: Foster, J. The Dictionary of Heraldry. Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees, reprinted London, 1989. Good very fine condition, complete with suspension loop intact. Provenance: from an old collection.

Copper-alloy, 4.60 grams, 34.03 mm. Circa 13th-15th century AD. A cast copper-alloy pendant in the form of a heater shield with a transverse lug above, attached to a bifid domed mount with rivet to the rear. The face of the shield features a pair of addorsed fish on a background of crosses. These arms belong to the Counts of Bar, a region west of Lorraine, France, and are described heraldically as 'azure, semée of crosses, two barbel endorsed or'. These arms were borne by a knight, Jean de Bar, in the forces of Edward I at the Siege of Caerlaverock in 1300, a castle on the Scottish border; Edward's forces included a contingent from Lorraine among his English and Breton troops. During the siege, the English heralds composed a roll of arms in the form of many verses each describing the deeds of each nobleman and knight present, with a blazon of his arms. The Roll of Caerlaverock is an important primary source for the study of medieval of heraldry. Reference: Nicolas, N.H. The Siege of Caerlaverock in the XXVIII Edward I (A.D. MCCC) with the Arms of the Earls, Barons & Knights who were Present on the Occasion with a Translation, a History of the Castle and Memoirs of the Personages Commemorated by the Poet, London, 1828 and Foster, J. The Dictionary of Heraldry. Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees, reprinted London, 1989. Very fine condition, complete with suspension loop and hanger. Provenance: from an old collection, found Kidlington, Oxford, UK.

Copper-alloy, 6.80 grams, 37.47 mm. Circa 13th-15th century AD. A cast copper-alloy pendant in the form of a heater shield with a transverse lug above, pierced for suspension. The face of the shield features a reserved cross with the four voids filled with red enamel. A red shield with a gold cross is found in the arms of many ancient towns and cities in Europe, from Uppsala in Sweden and Lübeck in northern Germany to Izaux in the Hautes-Pyrénées region of southern France. Reference: Foster, J. The Dictionary of Heraldry. Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees, reprinted London, 1989. Very fine condition, complete with suspension loop intact. Provenance: from an old collection, found Nottinghamshire, UK.

Copper-alloy, 6.21 grams, 18.56 mm. Circa 13th-15th century AD. A cast copper-alloy stud in the form of a heater shield with attachment rivet to the rear. The face of the shield is emblazoned with a repeating lozenge pattern, described heraldically as fretty, providing a diaper effect with red enamel infill. A red shield with gold fretty surface is found in the arms of the French town of La Mailleraye-sur-Seine, in Seine Maritime, northern France. Reference: Foster, J. The Dictionary of Heraldry. Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees, reprinted London, 1989. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old collection.

Gilt copper-alloy, 25.77 grams, 50.30 mm. Circa 14th-15th century AD. A complex cast copper-alloy harness pendant formed in two sections. The outer frame is formed as an openwork hexafoil with palmette detailing. Hinged to the rear of the frame is a copper-alloy plate, with a large spherical knop rivetted through the centre. The plate and knop could swing independently and clash against the frame to form a jingle. Reference: Griffiths, N. Horse Harness Pendants, Finds Research Group Datasheet 5, Norwich, 1998. Very fine condition, complete. Provenance: found near Tilbury, Essex, England.

Copper-alloy, 4.20 grams, 16.61 mm. Circa 14th century AD. A cast copper-alloy stud in the form of a heater shield with its field divided horizontally (per fess), with traces of yellow and red enamel. The lower end of the shield is curved inwards and the stud on the reverse is about 8mm long. Reference: cf. Read, B. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, Vol.1, Langport, 2001, item 257. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection, found Wiltshire, England.

Copper-alloy and enamel, 8.55 grams, 37.91 mm. Circa 13th century AD. A cast rectangular mount featuring a griffin in champlevé technique advancing with right foreleg raised, tail erect and wings spread. Above and below are rectangular plates pierced for attachment. The gilding remains vestigially on the mounting plates. Reference: cf. gilded and enamelled mount in Read, B. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, vol.1, Langport, 2001, item 119. Fine condition. Provenance: found Norfolk, England.

Copper-alloy, 11.04 grams, 41.87 mm. 12th-14th century AD. A lozengiform mount with an inset central panel bearing a floral design. Four elliptical arms radiate from a central blue-green enamel roundel; the horizontal ones meet the outer border at the widest points, the vertical ones meet the border where it respects the circular attachment holes. The outer zone comprises a red enamel quadrant surrounded by blue enamel fill. Reference: cf. enamelled mounts in Murawski, P. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Ely, 2003, p.402 items M09-0124, 0125. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Tilbury, Essex, England.

Copper-alloy, 12.46 grams, 56.17 mm. 12th-15th century AD. A thin square cast pendant with a thick, integral suspension loop attached by a transverse pin to a D-section T-shaped bar. The pendant features lines of punched pellets dividing the field into two rectangular panels. Reference: cf. the rectangular pendant in Murawski, P.G. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Ely, 2003, p.379 item MO8-00136. Very fine condition. Provenance: found County Durham, England.

Copper-alloy and gilt, 9.85 grams, 49.67 mm. Circa 14th century AD. A pendant and suspender comprising a T-shaped bracket with a teardrop-shaped pendant. The upper end of the pendant is pierced to accept the retaining pin of the bracket; from this the pendant is divided into two addorsed c-scrolls below which it forms an openwork rounded triangle with hatched and linear vegetation ornament. The remains of gilding are present across much of the surface. The fixing lugs have been removed at the back for easy mounting and display. Reference: cf. Read, B. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, Vol.1, Langport, 2001, item 391, 392, 459. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy and silver, 7.86 grams, 50.61mm. 12th-15th century AD. A thin bracteate pendant with a sturdy suspension loop. Around the central circular piercing is a six-pointed star with dense punched roundel decoration across the obverse. In the central piercing is a globular-headed rivet. The loop is attached to the suspension plate which has the stump of the attachment rivet on the reverse. The fixing lug has been removed at the back for easy mounting and display. Reference: cf. the rectangular pendant in Murawski, P.G. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Ely, 2003, p.379 item MO8-00136. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 10.86 grams, 38.80 mm. 11th-14th century AD. A medieval heraldic pendant of Type V resembling a four-leafed clover. The design consists of a quadruped (probably a griffin) passant, its splayed claws and raised tail inlaid in reddish copper against the greenish copper-alloy field. The hinge components are intact, as is the round-headed stud by which it was attached to the harness. Reference: London Museum Medieval Catalogue 1940, reprinted Ipswich, 1993, p.118. Ashley, S. Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk, page 21, number 201. Provenance: found Greenhithe, Kent. Very fine condition.