Medieval Lead Pilgrim's Pendant of Saint Margaret Slaying the Dragon

14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.

1 3/8 in. (8.43 grams, 34 mm).

Low-relief discoid pendant, on the obverse St. Margaret triumphant over a dragon slain with a cross piercing its mouth; on the reverse: 'IHS' Christogram. [No Reserve]

Provenance

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

Literature

Cf. Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986, item 551.

Footnotes

The cult of St Margaret was celebrated at King's Lynn, Norfolk, as part of the pilgrim route to Walsingham.

CONDITION

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