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Description: | An early post medieval copper alloy hexagonal foil pilgrim badge of Our Lady of Pity of Walsingham. The foil depicts in stamped relief (repoussé) the Virgin holding Christ's body in her lap; behind on the right is the Cross and to the bottom left is the fallen Crown of Thorns. It has suffered minor tears but is complete; it measures 21.1mm (length) x 19.4mm (width) x 0.8mm (thickness) and weighs 0.17g.These foil badges would have been sewn directly on to clothing, however this example does not have any needle-pierced holes. Similar badges are illustrated and discussed in Spencer (1998, 144-147, ref. 153b ff.) and are dated to c. early to mid 16th century AD.
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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