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LOT 1878
Medieval Lead Pilgrim's Holy Water Ampulla
15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (33 grams, 51 mm).
With lateral loops and low-profile cross to obverse, reverse with 'W' on a hatched field for Walsingham shrine. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
Acquired from the early 1980s.
From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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