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LOT 1866

Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

MEDIEVAL LEAD HOLY WATER PILGRIM'S AMPULLA
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (52.5 grams, 78 mm).

With lateral loops and scallop detailing to one face of the bulb, punched 'W' and ring of pellets to the other, possibly for Walsingham shrine. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From a Buckinghamshire collection, established from the 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986, item 399, for type.

CONDITION
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