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LOT 1769
Medieval Lead Pilgrim's Holy Water Ampulla
CIRCA 15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (55.1 grams, 53 mm).
With lateral loops and low-profile rosette to one side and a spiral whorl to the other. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Suffolk, UK.
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