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LOT 1866

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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LOT 1866

Medieval Lead Holy Water Pilgrim's Ampulla

Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

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