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Medieval 'Thames' Pewter Pilgrim's Badge with Virgin & Child within Crescent Moon Medieval 'Thames' Pewter Pilgrim's Badge with Virgin & Child within Crescent Moon Medieval 'Thames' Pewter Pilgrim's Badge with Virgin & Child within Crescent Moon
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LOT 1785

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).

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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LOT 1785

Medieval 'Thames' Pewter Pilgrim's Badge with Virgin & Child within Crescent Moon

Sold for (Inc. bp): £124

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