Published Medieval 'Thames' Pewter Rood Group Pilgrim's Badge with Crucifixion Scene

CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/2 in. (6.46 grams, 39 mm).

Openwork badge comprising a quatrefoil frame with interstitial barbs, beaded rim; central crucifixion scene; remains of pin-lug to the reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.

Published

Spencer, B., Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges, Woodbridge, 2010, item 189a, p.169-170.

Footnotes

A group of figures of this type is called the 'rood group' and was traditionally displayed, before the Reformation, in church on the 'rood screen', from Old English rod 'sign, emblem, display' referring to the visual depiction of the Crucifixion.

CONDITION

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