Pick of the week: Mexican nun’s badge found in Norfolk

The Christmas Gifts sale at TW Gaze in Diss included a rare example of 18th century Catholic colonial jewellery: a Mexican 'escudo de monja' or nun’s badge.

Pictorial medallions such as this depicting the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception were worn acro…

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