C. 14th century

An openwork pewter rattle case fragment, decorated in a radiating pattern with beading. When intact would have contained two or three cockleshells, a small pebble or a little tin or brass rumbler-type bell which contained a loose metal pea.

Although a fragment and a little damaged, it is nicely decorated.

Ref: Similar examples in Pilgrim Souvenirs And Secular Badges  by B. Spencer, page 210.

Provenance: Ex Graham Slater Collection, Cambridge. Collected between 1980’s-1990’s.

Size: Diam: 46mm x H: 20mm