Null Set of two lead and pewter pilgrimage signs, one decorated with Saints Pete…

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Set of two lead and pewter pilgrimage signs, one decorated with Saints Peter and Paul, the second with a bust of the Virgin and Child in a crescent. Rome, 13th century and London, circa 1500 Heights: 3.2 and 2.5 cm - Widths: 2.4 and 2 cm (accidents and missing pieces) The British Museum holds a sign of the same subject of the Virgin and Child on a crescent (inv.1848,0729.3). Book consulted : D. Bruna, Enseignes de pèlerinage et enseignes profanes, Musée national du Moyen Age - Thermes de Cluny, 1996, pp. 197-198, nos. 304 and 305.

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Set of two lead and pewter pilgrimage signs, one decorated with Saints Peter and Paul, the second with a bust of the Virgin and Child in a crescent. Rome, 13th century and London, circa 1500 Heights: 3.2 and 2.5 cm - Widths: 2.4 and 2 cm (accidents and missing pieces) The British Museum holds a sign of the same subject of the Virgin and Child on a crescent (inv.1848,0729.3). Book consulted : D. Bruna, Enseignes de pèlerinage et enseignes profanes, Musée national du Moyen Age - Thermes de Cluny, 1996, pp. 197-198, nos. 304 and 305.

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