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LOT 1580
Medieval Pewter Pilgrim Badge of Saint Nicholas
CIRCA 1300 A.D.
1 5/8 in. (4.71 grams, 41 mm).
Tongue-shaped panel with hatched reverse; facing image of St. Nicholas in episcopal robes holding his crook in his left hand and raising his right hand in bnison; frieze of devotees below; legend to the arch '+ S NICOΓAID ·:· EDOR[.]'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Forgeais (1822-1878) collection, France, thence by family descent.
with Gallery 51, 21 June 2013, lot 71.
Cf. van Beuningen, H.J.E. & Koldeweij, A.M., Rotterdam paper VIII. Heilig en Profaan 1000 Laatmiddeleeuwse Insignes, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag, 1993, item 295.
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