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LOT 2187
Medieval Lead Pilgrim's Pendant with Calvary and Dragon-Slaying
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (5.63 grams, 28 mm).
Discoid in plan with bifacial low-relief imagery: Obverse - Calvary scene with Corpus Christi and flanking mourners; Reverse - hatched field with supine dragon, triumphant robed and crowned figure holding aloft a cross piercing the dragon's mouth. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a retired Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman's collection, a long time member of the Pewter Society.
LiteratureCf. Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986, item 179, for an openwork version of the Calvary scene.
FootnotesThe imagery may represent St George slaying the dragon, although he is usually pictured nimbate and on horseback. Alternatively, it may show Christ overcoming Satan in the form of a dragon in the Harrowing of Hell episode.
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LOT 2187
Medieval Lead Pilgrim's Pendant with Calvary and Dragon-Slaying
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Token Group
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Discoid in plan, bifacial, some with casting sprue to edge; various designs including heater shield with cross, script 'IHS' monogram, cross in pellets, and others. 3.62 grams total, 11-14 mm
From a retired Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman's collection, a long time member of the Pewter Society. -
Medieval Bronze Sword Hanger
Lincolnshire, 14th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising a rectangular slot and a thick penannular bar with carination, a vertical bar with a flattened finial. 21 grams, 63 mm
Found in Lincolnshire, UK. Acquired on the UK art market from the 1990s. From the private collection of a Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Medieval Bronze Knight's Holy Sepulchre Badge
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Formed as a cross-crosslet, the symbol of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, with a punched-point border. 0.87 grams, 19 mm
From a retired Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman's collection, a long time member of the Pewter Society.
The 'Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem' was an order of knighthood under the protection of the Pope, formed around 1099 AD by Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of the First Crusade. It was established for the protection of pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land and was recognised by a Papal Bull in about 1113 AD.
