Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Token with Vernicle

CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.

5/8 in. (1.94 grams, 15 mm).

Facing mask with ropework border and piercing; representing the Vernicle. [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 1058, for type.

Footnotes

The Vernicle is the image of Christ's face on the cloth with which St Veronica wiped him.

CONDITION

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