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  • Medieval Pewter Pilgrims Badge of Saint Werburgh
    Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Badge of Saint Werburgh
    14th-15th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

    Formed as a low-relief image of three geese on a field with wattle hurdle fence panels; inked collector's mark to the reverse 'BILL.' (Billingsgate, London). 2.71 grams, 30 mm



    From a retired Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman's collection, a long time member of the Pewter Society.

    St Werburgh (also Werburga in Latin documents) was an abbess, daughter of King Wulfhere of Mercia (died 675 AD ), whose emblem was geese. One of the best-known miracles was the command given by St Werburgh to a flock of geese causing havoc in the cornfields of Weedon. One version of the legend is that St Werburgh had been interested in a flock of geese that visited the convent meadow and bathed in the pond in Weedon. St Werburgh named her favourite goose with a black ring around his neck as Grayking. Subsequently, Grayking was eaten by the convent steward, Hugh, as the flock ruined his field of corn and he felt that they had not been punished enough by St Werburgh. When St Werburgh found out this she was furious with the steward. She found the bones of the goose Grayking and ordered him to arise. The bones reformed and Grayking the goose stood before her.

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  • Medieval Bronze Ring with Rampant Heraldic Lion
    Medieval Bronze Ring with Rampant Heraldic Lion
    Circa 14th-15th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £111

    With median recess to each shoulder, discoid bezel with incuse lion rampant; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 3.58 grams, 22.44 mm overall, 19.59 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)



    From an old English collection, Bournemouth, UK. Ex Parthenon Gallery, London, UK, 2001. Property of a North London, UK, private collector.

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  • Post Byzantine Bronze Pilgrims Badge with Ottoman Crescent
    Post Byzantine Bronze Pilgrim's Badge with Ottoman Crescent
    Circa 14th-15th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

    Crescent pendant with pierced lug, pellets to obverse. 2.07 grams, 18 mm



    From a retired Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman's collection, a long time member of the Pewter Society.

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  • Large Medieval Bronze Door Key
    Large Medieval Bronze Door Key
    14th-15th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

    Barrel-type with lateral spurs to the bow, bit with stepped ward. 26.6 grams, 77 mm



    Found Lincolnshire, UK.

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  • Medieval Pewter Wilsnack Pilgrims Badge
    Medieval Pewter Wilsnack Pilgrim's Badge
    Circa 15th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £273

    Trefoil in plan with raised rim to each lobe, crosses to upper edge; low-relief images of the three hosts of Wilsnack. 3.1 grams, 38 mm



    Ex European collection, 1990s. Accompanied by a previous typed catalogue information card.

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  • Medieval Silver Ring with Beast
    Medieval Silver Ring with Beast
    Circa 15th-16th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £247

    Comprising a keeled hoop with two raised discoid bosses on the shoulders, raised bezel with a regardant beast. 9.41 grams, 26.25 mm overall, 18.78 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)



    Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

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  • Medieval Pewter Pilgrims Mount with Christogram
    Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Mount with Christogram
    14th-15th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

    Discoid mount with central cross forming part of the 'IHC' monogram. 23.7 grams, 48 mm



    From a retired Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman's collection, a long time member of the Pewter Society.

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  • Medieval Pewter Pilgrims Bell
    Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Bell
    Circa 14th-15th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

    Conical body divided into hatched segments, horizontal band of pellets and triangles on the lower edge. 2.16 grams, 16.5 mm



    Found on the Thames foreshore in the 1970s. From a late London, UK, gentleman's collection.

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  • Medieval Lead Vesica-Shaped Personal Seal Matrix of a Wife
    Medieval Lead Vesica-Shaped Personal Seal Matrix of a Wife
    Yorkshire, circa 13th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £7

    Scaphoid in plan with loop to one end; central motif of a fish with lateral fins; border with legend '+ S’AVICIE VXOR’ IOH’ ME' [seal of Avice (a common Anglo-Norman female name) wife of John the …..]. 24 grams, 47 mm



    Found Yorkshire, UK. Acquired on the UK art market from the 1990s. From the private collection of a Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

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  • Medieval Silver Ring with Flower
    Medieval Silver Ring with Flower
    14th-16th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £85

    The hoop with a raised boss at the base, a round conical bezel with a floral motif. 4.57 grams, 21.80 mm overall, 14.69 mm internal diameter (approximate size British F, USA 2 3/4, Europe 3.67, Japan 4)



    From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

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  • Medieval Bronze Scallop Shell Pilgrims Badge
    Medieval Bronze Scallop Shell Pilgrim's Badge
    Circa 14th-15th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

    Appliqué with repoussé scallop detailing, pointillé detailing, scroll to base. 4.57 grams, 38 mm



    From a retired Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman's collection, a long time member of the Pewter Society.

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  • Medieval Pewter Pilgrims Badge of the Holy Blood of Wilsnack
    Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Badge of the Holy Blood of Wilsnack
    14th-15th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £39

    Trefoil in plan with raised rim to each lobe, spur of sprue to one edge; low-relief images of the three hosts of Wilsnack. 3.58 grams, 32 mm



    From a retired Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman's collection, a long time member of the Pewter Society.

    The "Holy Blood of Wilsnack" refers to three sacramental cups or hosts. In 1383, they miraculously survived a fire which destroyed the church and village of Bad Wilsnack. The hosts were revered and became the object of pilgrimages.

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