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LOT 2184
Medieval Pewter Pelican Badge
CIRCA 1400 A.D.
1 1/4 in. (9.44 grams, 31 mm).
Modelled in the half-round, 'pelican in her piety' motif of a bird with one wing extended pecking her chest to release blood dripping into the beaks of her brood in their nest. [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 697, for type.
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13th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Medieval Lead Votive Seal Matrix with Hand
14th-15th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £46
Discoid in plan with lug to reverse; central motif of an open hand with legend to the border '* WALTER LE CHAPMAN [Walter the chapman]. 9.75 grams, 26.8 mm
From the late Peter Hooper pewter and lead collection, who was a guest lecturer at West Dean College and was a longtime member of the Pewter Society who contributed to the Pewter Society Magazine.
Because such surnames were still meaningfully ‘occupational’ at this period, and ‘chapman’ means ‘(small-scale) seller/tradesman’, it may well be that Walter made his living from selling gloves.
