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LOT 1654
Medieval Lead Pilgrim's Holy Water Ampulla
15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (32.7 grams, 51 mm).
Displaying a raised design to both faces: a four-petalled flower against a hatched field; a plant or heart on a mound; one remaining loop handle at the neck. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Hampshire, UK.
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Medieval Limoges Bronze and Champleve Enamel Roundel with Fantastical Creature
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with Sotheby's, London, 9 December 1993, lot 22. Private collection, Europe. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11903-206496.
Likely used to adorn a coffret. Likely before 1227 A.D. -
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