MEDIEVAL and Later
Papal Bulla, Pilgrim & Ecclesiastical Items
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| WMA 8392 |
Medieval Silver gilt pilgrim badge. A silver-gilt
pilgrim's badge depicting Saint George with halo, spearing dragon. On
the reverse is a single loop for sewing to a garment. 15th to early 16th
century. 18mm x 11mm. Found in the late 80s early 90s. |
£275.00 |
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| WMA 10999 |
Medieval Pilgrim’s Ampulla. A complete medieval
pilgrim ampulla from the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, cast in lead
alloy and retaining both original angular suspension loops. One face
carries a shallow, stylised design typical of late medieval ampullae.
The reverse shows a hatched crescent with a central pellet and further
pellets between the horns, with the inscription ‘WAL’ placed between two
horizontal lines above — the standard attribution to Walsingham. A
well-preserved and fully identifiable example. Circa 15th century. For
closely related examples, see UKDFD 32061 and 55924, which show the same
design and may well derive from the same mould. Lincolnshire find. 50 mm
× 33 mm. |
£125.00 |
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| WMA 6970 |
Medieval Livery Badge. A lead livery badge, cast
in the form of a right-facing two-dimensional swan, standing with wings
raised. Late 14th to early 15th century. Michael Mitchiner, Medieval
Pilgrim & Secular Badges, p.201. Brian Spencer, Salisbury Museum
Medieval Catalogue, Part 2, p.106. Lincolnshire. 21 mm high x 16 mm
wide. The swan badge was used in the 14th century by the Bohun
family, one of whose heiresses (Mary de Bohun) married Henry IV. Mary
died before his accession, but Henry IV, and Henry V, continued to use
the emblem, and it is possible that badges of this type were made as
royalist badges during their reigns. A rare piece. |
£275.00 |
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| WMA 9161 |
Medieval Heart Shaped Pendant. A lead Alloy
heart-shaped pendant. The face is decorated with a cabled border,
central line and teardrop shape either side. The reverse shows an eight
pointed star above the letter M or W monogram with pellets in field.
Circa 1350-1450. See
PAS # NLM-80A7B0, which appears to be from the same
mould. Lincolnshire. 40mm x 26mm. The heart became popular as an
emblem of love in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. This pendant
is more likely to be secular than religious. |
£95.00 |
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