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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).
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.
