A collection of lead alloy Pilgrim Badges and miniature Pilgrim flasks a lot
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A collection of lead alloy Pilgrim Badges and miniature Pilgrim flasks
13th-16th Century and later
Including two Becket busts of the Archbishop martyr; another Becket head; a figure of a bishop saint, possibly Leonard; St Thomas Becket with ship, returning from his exile in France; a Herte badge; an equestrian badge of St Thomas returning from exile; a wicker basket badge from the shrine of Saint Dorothy; and five miniature lead pilgrim flasks, including one of scallop shell form, 2cm-7.5cm (a lot)
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Provenance:
Property of a private collector, Edinburgh (1938-2021).
Collected in the 1990s from the UK art market.
Badges were collected by pilgrims as religious souvenirs once they reached their pilgrimage destination. After the martyrdom of Archbishop Thomas Beckett in 1170, Canterbury Cathedral became a popular pilgrim shrine. Becket busts were intended to represent his head casket reliquary. Such badges would have been worn by pilgrims on their hat, cloak or staff.
13th-16th Century and later
Including two Becket busts of the Archbishop martyr; another Becket head; a figure of a bishop saint, possibly Leonard; St Thomas Becket with ship, returning from his exile in France; a Herte badge; an equestrian badge of St Thomas returning from exile; a wicker basket badge from the shrine of Saint Dorothy; and five miniature lead pilgrim flasks, including one of scallop shell form, 2cm-7.5cm (a lot)
Footnotes:
Provenance:
Property of a private collector, Edinburgh (1938-2021).
Collected in the 1990s from the UK art market.
Badges were collected by pilgrims as religious souvenirs once they reached their pilgrimage destination. After the martyrdom of Archbishop Thomas Beckett in 1170, Canterbury Cathedral became a popular pilgrim shrine. Becket busts were intended to represent his head casket reliquary. Such badges would have been worn by pilgrims on their hat, cloak or staff.
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A collection of lead alloy Pilgrim Badges and miniature Pilgrim flasks a lot
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