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LOT 2265
Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Pendant with Cross Pommee
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (1.33 grams, 15 mm).
Obverse with high-relief cross pommee to centre. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a retired Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman's collection, a long time member of the Pewter Society.
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From the late Peter Hooper pewter and lead collection, who was a guest lecturer at West Dean College and was a longtime member of the Pewter Society who contributed to the Pewter Society Magazine.
Because such surnames were still meaningfully ‘occupational’ at this period, and ‘chapman’ means ‘(small-scale) seller/tradesman’, it may well be that Walter made his living from selling gloves.
