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LOT 1550
Published Medieval Thames Pewter 'LOVE LOVE LOVE' Secular Badge
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.88 grams, 2.5 cm).
Discoid in plan with central openwork design showing a facing bust, surrounding roundel bearing 'LOVE : LOVE : LOVE' blackletter legend in relief; pin and catchplate intact to reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
Published
Spencer, B., Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges, MOLA, London, 2010, pp.324-325, fig.324c, for this item.
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LOT 1550
Published Medieval Thames Pewter 'LOVE LOVE LOVE' Secular Badge
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
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