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Medieval Heraldic 'Sound Family' Horse Harness Pendant - 13th century AD A bronze heater-shaped harness pendant with integral suspension lug, blue enamelled field with reserved lion rampant blazoned 'Azure, a lion rampant Or' attributed to the Sound family. 14 grams, 48mm (2”). Fine condition. Provenance Property of a Nottinghamshire collector; acquired in the 1980s. Literature See Ashley, S. Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk, East Anglian Archaeology 101, Dereham, 2002 for discussion.