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LOT 1725

Sold for (Inc. bp): £104

MEDIEVAL 'SOMERSET' LEAD PILGRIM'S 'HOLY WATER' AMPULLA
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (52.4 grams, 50 mm).

With lateral suspension loops at the neck, low-relief rosette design. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Found Somerset, UK.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986, item 399, for type.

CONDITION
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