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LOT 1909
Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Badge of King Henry VI
CIRCA 14TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (5.05 grams, 50 mm).
Pilgrim's badge for Windsor, depicting a standing arch-crowned, robed and cloaked facing figure of Henry VI, holding sceptre and orb with purse at waist and standing on recumbent lion at feet; with integral pin to reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of the late Graham Slater (1927-2024), Cambridge, UK, acquired 1980s-1990s.
Accompanied by a previous information slip.
Literature
Cf. Mitchiner, M., Medieval and Secular Badges, Hawkins, 1986, item 839, for a very similar example; cf. Spencer, Brian, Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges, Boydell, 2010, item 208c, for another example (without purse).
Footnotes
The remains of Henry VI were moved from Chertsey to St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, by Richard III in 1484 and pilgrimages to Windsor were further encouraged by Henry VII, and the arched crown first appears on coins of this reign; Henry VII made his own pilgrimage to Henry's tomb at Windsor in 1529.
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