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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.
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