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LOT 1650
Medieval 'Walsingham' Pewter Pilgrim's Holy Water Ampulla
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (38.1 grams, 48 mm).
With flared mouth and two lateral handles, bulb with IHS' on a hatched fiel to obverse, 'W' within a ring to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Essex, UK.
Property of an Essex collector.
Cf. Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986, item 399, for similar.
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LOT 1650
Medieval 'Walsingham' Pewter Pilgrim's Holy Water Ampulla
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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