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LOT 1790

Sold for (Inc. bp): £338

MEDIEVAL PEWTER PILGRIM BADGE OF A BISHOP
CIRCA 1300 A.D.
2 in. (8.59 grams, 50 mm).

Standing figure facing wearing a mitre; right hand raised in sign of blessing, left hand emerging from the robe at the hip to grasp a staff; vestment with low-relief detail to front and back including four bosses and a broad collar; rectangular base with small supplicant to one side. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From the Forgeais (1822-1878) collection, France, thence by family descent.
with Gallery 51, 21 June 2013, lot 79.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Spencer, B., Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges, Woodbridge, 2010, items 27, 30.

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