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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]
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 697, for type.
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