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BADGE
Unique ID: BH-8C69FB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Part of a lead-alloy pilgrim badge, dating from the Late Medieval to post-Medieval periods.
The remaining piece takes the form of a forward-facing male mask. Details on the inverted-pear-shaped face are relief moulded and of stylised form, with a single pellet for each eye and for the mouth, a long ridge for the nose and an unbroken perimeter line of pellets representing the hair and beard. A casting seam extends vertically down the otherwise flat reverse.
Height: 8.5mm; width: 7.3mm; thickness: 2.8mm. Weight: 0.45g.
A stylistically similar face can be seen on a badge of John Schorn, which was found in London (Spencer 2010: 194, fig. 208l); however, the attribution to Schorn is by no means certain.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1540
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 8.5 mm
Width: 7.3 mm
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 0.45 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 24th July 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 15/63 - 5
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Uttlesford (District)
To be known as: Chrishall
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer, B. | 1998 | Medieval finds from excavations in London: 7, Pilgrim souvenirs and secular badges | London | Museum of London, The Stationary Office |
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