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LOT 1934
Medieval Lead Pilgrim's Holy Water Ampulla with Scallop
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (48.6 grams, 53 mm).
With lateral loops and low-profile scallop to one side and a branch(?) to the other. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found UK.
Property of a Worlingworth, Suffolk, UK, private collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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