Accession No

1922.781 B


Description

Lead pilgrim badge in the form of an arrow with radiating petal-like fletchings in four layers with moulded lines and dots.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; ?Norfolk; ?Walshingham


Period

Medieval


Source

Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]; Ambrose, Cole [collector and vendor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1922.781 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Lead


Local Term


Measurements

43mm


Events

Context (Display)
Previously mounted on perspex mount with label reading: 'Lead Pilgrim's Sign. Cole-Ambrose.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn


Description (Physical description)
One is labelled "B", shaped as a flower.
Event Date 3/9/2001
Author: Stephanie Chinneck


Context (Analysis)
Analysis for student artefact project by Sophie Thompson suggested that this was a pilgrim badge associated with the shrine of the Blessed Mary at Walsingham, Norfolk.
Event Date 2007
Author: Lily Pencliffe


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1922.781[A-F]: Six fragments of pilgrims' signs.

Event Date 8/7/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn


Description (Physical description)
Lead pilgrim badge, in the form of a flower, possibly a daisy. Head of flower in four layers, top layer is a central rounded shape with moulded lines and dots radiating from the centre, then a row of thin petals with sharp points, then a row of wider petals with sharp points, finally a circle of long pieces topped with a circle. From the head of the flower extends a long stem with two leaves at the base forming an arrow shape, tips of leaves possibly broken off.
Event Date 13/12/2023
Author: Stephanie Chinneck


Description (Physical description)
Lead pilgrim badge in the form of an arrow with radiating petal-like fletchings in four layers with moulded lines and dots.
Event Date 21/8/2025
Author: Lily Pencliffe


FM:270360

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