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LOT 1763
Medieval Pewter Phallic Retainer's Badge
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (3.82 grams, 38 mm).
Formed as a penis with crowned head and wings, stylised detailing; pin absent. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEuropean collection, 1990s.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
See Jones, M., The Secret Middle Ages, Stroud, 2002, 'Wicked willies with wings: sex and sexuality in late medieval art and thought', pp.248-273.
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