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LOT 1800
Medieval Pilgrim's Lead Holy Water Ampulla
CIRCA 14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (46 grams, 48 mm).
With rectangular body, elliptical-section mouth, lateral loops; low-relief hatched panel, three heater shields with cross to each face. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a late private Buckinghamshire, UK, collector, his collection established from the 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986, items 5-9, for type.
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