Medieval Pewter Pilgrim Badge of Saint Nicholas
Circa 1300 A.D. Tongue-shaped panel with hatched reverse; facing image of St. Nicholas in episcopal robes holding his crook in his left hand and raising his right hand in bnison; frieze of devotees below; legend to the arch '+ S NICO?AID ·:· EDOR[.]'. Cf. van Beuningen, H.J.E. & Koldeweij, A.M., Rotterdam paper VIII. Heilig en Profaan 1000 Laatmiddeleeuwse Insignes, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag, 1993, item 295.4.71 grams, 41 mm (1 5/8 in.). From the Forgeais (1822-1878) collection, France, thence by family descent.with Gallery 51, 21 June 2013, lot 71.[No Reserve]