Carved and waxed oak pilgrimage Ghost

We have worked with Mr Gamble a skilled local woodcarver to produce for us a numbered edition of carved oak Original York Ghosts. These ghosts complete a circle for us as our ghosts are strongly influenced by a wooden ghost of unknown history or original that is part of our personal collection.

There is speculation that wooden ghosts as well as other carved talismen and badges were bought as souvenirs by medieval pilgrims as mementoes of the pious journeys they took to visit shrines in England and abroad. Such objects were also believed to protect wearers from harm and to have arcane properties .

In the second half of the 12th century in Western Europe pewter ampullae and other crude wooden and metal souvenirs were made. Badges became the most popular type of souvenir from the 14th century onwards. Souvenirs often depicted the saint or the relic at the shrine. They were sold by specialist makers from stalls outside the church door or from traders lining the nearby streets. Pilgrims attached the badges to their hats or cloaks or wore them round their necks or carried the objects in their pockets or purses as ‘touch pieces’ bringing divine will.

This is the second edition of the oak Pilgrimage Ghost

Black Box Edition Original York ghosts are sold in a specially commissioned black box with an insert card detailing the edition number and batch with a date and initials of the Merchant who has signed off the ghost

H 8.5 x D 5.5 x W 4.5cm

Edition of 50.