LOT 2308 Medieval Pilgrim's Pewter Thomas Beckett Galley Badge
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14th-15th century AD. A uniface pilgrim's badge in the form a of single-masted medieval galley with 'castles' at bow and stern and rigging to mast; the sides with clinker planking detail. See Mitchiner, M., Medieval and Secular Badges, Hawkins, 1986, item 439, for a similar example.4.76 grams, 49mm (2"). Ex Cambridgeshire collection; acquired 1990s. A ship badge, symbolising the return of Beckett from exile in France, is associated with his shrine at Canterbury. [No Reserve]
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