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Description: | Medieval Lead ampulla in quite fresh condition. One suspension lug is slightly bent. On one face a scallop shell of Spencer's (1990) type II, below an R. On the other an arrow pointing downwards and piercing first a horizontal band of oblique lines and then two circles. The R probably refers to Lady Richelde, the founder of the Walsingham shrine. The scallop shell is a general emblem of pilgrimage. The arrow "figures prominently, though enigmatically on certain Walsingham badges and on ampullae commemorating the phial of Holy Milk of the Blessed Mary of Walsingham" (Spencer 1980, 15). Height 57mm, width 30mm. Late 14th - early 16th century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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