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Category: Accessories > badges



Pelican


Pelican

Century: XIV, XV
Pelican. Medieval Market, badges pelican



CODE Material Standard Price
oR0579see descriptionHand-made 7.00 EUR

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How old?: 1325-1500
Finding place: the Netherlands, Germany, England, France (generally whole Europe).
Details: h.:28mm w.:28mm
Meaning: Pelican is feeding its children with it's own flesh. It's a symbol of Christ and His mercy. Very popular religious motive. This pattern is replica of finding from Brugge (the Netherlands) dated 1450-1500.



Pewter badges were first introduced as pilgrim souvenirs from different places of Christian cult around Europe and the Holy Land. The earliest findings of this type comes from about second half of XII th. century, fall of their popularity is beginning of XVI th. century. They're closely connected with development of pilgrimages among Christians. Pilgrim badges were a solid prove of finishing a long journey to places were once saints lived. About XIV th. century secular badges also appeared.

ATTENTION: dates showed in this catalogue tells only how old was the material used for the original. It doesn't mean that the badge was used only then.
The pewter badges as well as their descriptions are provided to us by Bartosz So³tysiak who bases them on historical sources.





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