Bronze pilgrims shell. 15e century.

[Willems]

Want to show you a story.

Found this object in the mud from an old
river.
Perfect condition shell - ST James of Compostella 1400.
My englisch
typing is verry bad so here's a link of the story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_de_Santiago

Shell from a pilgrim.
Greetings again from Holland.

 

[Restoring Your Finds]

Absolutely beautiful !!!

We sometimes find things connected to this pilgrimage in France. There were many roads followed by Pilgrims going through France or leaving from France to go to St James of Compostella.

Congrats on this very nice find !

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Swing-N-Dig NY]

Congrats nice find !

 

[del]

A super piece in excellent shape :smitten:and with some interesting history to read about Willems , thanks for sharing it with us .