Pilgrim Badge Fox & Goose
£16.90
Brooch made from lead-free pewter in the style of a C14th pilgrim badge. Fastens to clothing or bags via two pins on reverse.
Popular in the latter part of the medieval period, the pilgrim badge was a souvenir bought at the site of a holy shrine to commemorate a pilgrimage. Thought to imbue religious power through its contact with the holy relics at the shrine, these badges were thought of as more than a decorative piece but as a talisman or secondary relic.
The fox was regarded as the archetype of cunning and deceitfulness, while the goose was a proverbially foolish bird. It appears the fox dressed as pilgrim has tricked the bird and is leading it to its ultimate fate.
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