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LOT 1710
Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Badge Group
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 1 1/4 in. (17.1 grams total, 16-32 mm).
Comprising: a spoked wheel; disc with hand motif; crescent moon and standing figure; hollow-formed ampulla junction; disc with rosette and legend '+SA[NCT]E THOMA OR[A] P[RO] M[E]'; plus a finger-ring with red enamel fill to the openwork bezel. [6]
Provenance
Property of a private collector, Edinburgh (1938-2021).
Collected in the 1990s from the UK art market.
with Bonham's, London, UK, 7 July 2022, lot 117 (part).
Ex property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.
Literature
The disc identical with Spencer, B., Pilgrims and Secular Badges, London, 1998, no.134.
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LOT 1710
Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Badge Group
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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