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LOT 1765
Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Badge Collection
CIRCA 15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 1 3/8 in. (9.32 grams total, 27-35 mm).
Comprising: ring-brooch fragment with trefoils and other details; Mary and infant Jesus sitting on a hatched field; double-loop with pellet detail; openwork rosette with trefoils. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex European collection.
Ex Suffolk, UK, collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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