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LOT 0376
Medieval Our Lady's Shrine Pilgrim's Badge
CIRCA 15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (5.65 grams, 51.5 mm).
Formed as a tongue-shaped plaque with three trefoil crosses to the upper edge, a low-relief scene with Mary and the infant Jesus between fronds, lug below; reverse with a hatched panel.
ProvenanceEx European collection, 1990s.
Accompanied by a previous typed catalogue information card.
Cf. Spencer, B., Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges, Woodbridge, 2010, item142, for type.
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