Lead, 4.69 grams, 23.04 mm. 13th-14th century AD. A small pendant in the form of a human face with rounded features an elaborate hairstyle. The eyes are pellets and the nose a sub-triangular panel extending to arched brows. The hair is formed as a ribbed crown with a median ridge from the nose. The loop is formed directly from this ridge. Reference: cf. execution of human faces on pilgrim badges in Mitchener, M. Medieval Pilgrim and Secular Badges, London, 1986. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.