Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Badge of the Holy Blood of Wilsnack

14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/4 in. (3.58 grams, 32 mm).

Trefoil in plan with raised rim to each lobe, spur of sprue to one edge; low-relief images of the three hosts of Wilsnack. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a retired Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman's collection, a long time member of the Pewter Society.

Literature

Cf. van Beuningen, H.J.E. & Koldeweij, A.M., Rotterdam paper VIII. Heilig en Profaan 1000 Laatmiddeleeuwse Insignes, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag, 1993, items 130, 131.

Footnotes

The "Holy Blood of Wilsnack" refers to three sacramental cups or hosts. In 1383, they miraculously survived a fire which destroyed the church and village of Bad Wilsnack. The hosts were revered and became the object of pilgrimages.

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