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LOT 1941
Tudor 'Thames' Pewter Hanger Type Pilgrim's Badge
16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (4.22 grams, 37 mm).
Composed of a lozengiform head displaying five bosses, perhaps representing the Five Wounds of Christ, openwork chevrons to the perimeter. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Thames foreshore spoil, 1980s and recorded with Museum of London.
LiteratureSee Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986, p.184, and discussion there.
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