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LOT 1743
Medieval 'Thames' Pewter Lion Retainer's Badge
15TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (1.85 grams, 23 mm).
Comprising a lion passant guardant wearing a crown, tongue protruding; remains of pin to reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Thames foreshore spoil, 1980s and recorded with Museum of London.
Literature
Cf. Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986, items 701-4.
Footnotes
This form of badge was used by the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses.
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