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LOT 1785
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EUR (€) 58 - 81
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MEDIEVAL 'THAMES' PEWTER PILGRIM'S BADGE WITH VIRGIN & CHILD WITHIN CRESCENT MOON
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.11 grams, 25 mm).
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.11 grams, 25 mm).
Mary and the infant Christ on a crescent moon, stylised bird below, pellet detailing; pin stump to reverse. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Ex property of an Essex collector.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim And Secular Badges, London, 1986, p.234; cf. Spencer, B., Pilgrim Souvenirs And Secular Badges, London, 2010, fig.159a.
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