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Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Badge for Romano-British Saint Ursula Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Badge for Romano-British Saint Ursula Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Badge for Romano-British Saint Ursula
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LOT 0377

Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Badge for Romano-British Saint Ursula

15TH CENTURY A.D.

3 3/8 in. (13.78 grams, 85 mm).

Openwork design with figural detailing in three registers comprising: upper: lancet arch with crouching figure holding a sword; standing female with infant; fragment of figure; standing robed nimbate figure; fragment of building frame with figure; middle: crouching figure (shepherd) looking towards seated female with infant (Mary) beneath star, and three advancing figures with arms raised (Magi); lower: galley with three oars, mast and sail, various figures partly visible above the gunwale and seated figure in stern.

Provenance

Ex European collection, 1990s.
Property of a Cambrigeshire, UK, gentleman.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. van Beuningen, H.J.E. & Koldeweij, A.M., Rotterdam paper VIII. Heilig en Profaan 1000 Laatmiddeleeuwse Insignes, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag, 1993, item 175.

Footnotes

Ursula was a Romano-British martyr of ​possible royal origin. She is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and the Anglican Communion.

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LOT 0377

Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Badge for Romano-British Saint Ursula

Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)

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