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LOT 1805
Medieval Lead Pilgrim's Holy Water Ampulla
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (32.3 grams, 53 mm).
With lateral loops and low-profile rosette detailing to one face of the the bulb, hatched band and crown to the other. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Lincolnshire, UK.
Literature
Cf. Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986, item 399, for type.
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