32 Arrows

How old?: 1400-1500

Finding place: London, Salisbury, Canterbury

Details: h. 50mm

Meaning: probably a heraldic badge of Arthur, Prince of Wales (1486-1502) descending from his mother, Catherine of Aragon. Motif of sheaf of arrows is popular in heraldry. Sometimes more arrows are pictures (for example 24, which was the number of arrows possessed by fully armed English archer ) It may be also a badge for participants of some archery contest as two of the arrows are blunt practice-arrows.

Available made of pewter and brass.