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Description: | A Post Medieval lead alloy pilgrim badge depicting a crown (second half of the 14th century). The cast badge is a moulded openwork crown with an integral pin and catchplate on the reverse. The tip of the pin is missing. The crown has fleur-de-lys and trefoils rising alternately above the jewelled circlet. The interior of the crown is represented by cross-hatching below the circlet. There is a slightly casting flaw, an air bubble, just above the circlet. Brian Spencer (1998:182-3) notes this pilgrim badge was a souvenir of pilgrimage to the shrine of St Edward the Confessor at Westminster Abbey. A very similar badge is illustrated in Spencer (1998:183-4 no.202a), the decoration and form are the same as this example. Dimensions: length: 22.52mm; width: 25.24mm; thickness: 3.97mm; weight: 2.15g.Reference: Spencer, B. 1998. Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges. The Stationery Office, London.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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A Post Medieval lead alloy…
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