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LOT 2188
Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Badge
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.88 grams, 24 mm).
Heart-shaped with ropework border, openwork knot motif to centre. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a retired Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman's collection, a long time member of the Pewter Society.
Literature
Cf. Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986, item 553, for a more elaborate example of the type.
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