TWO MEDIEVAL COPPER-ALLOY AND ENAMEL HORSE-HARNESS HERALDIC MOUNTS, 13TH/14TH CENTURY one decorated with a red dragon on each side on a striped background, the other decorated with blue chevrons to one side and red scrolls to the other, both with traces of gilding, a diamond shaped pendant decorated with a rosette on a blue enamel ground, and three heraldic enamel hangers (6) This group includes two heraldic examples of what the Portable Antiquities Scheme defines as 'harness hooks' (see Record ID: PUBLIC-AB1C88 and others), of which one has the royal arms (three lions passant). Though these 'hooks' have long been assumed to be related in some way to horse equipment, their precise function is still to be determined. Recent research by Robert Webley and by John Clark suggests that they may have been used for attachment to horse bits (see a Curb Bit, Naples, late 14th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number 04.3.478a, b)