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Description: | Cast lead ampulla. Obverse: scallop-shell, type II. Reverse.: a crowned W within two concentric circles and diagonal ribs around. Two horizontal moulded ridges above motif and one at top on both sides. One handle intact, the other broken.
L: 53.5 W: 23-32 T: 6
Cf. An example from Salisbury has similar decoration, although the shape of the ampulla is different (Spencer 1990, 59 no. 131 fig. 174). Both the crown and crowned W occur separately on many ampullae. Those bearing the letter W have been tentatively associated with the cult of Our Lady of Walsingham. The relatively large number and wide distribution of the ampullae involved pointed to a shrine of major importance. Such as Walsingham. The crown can be accepted as the emblem of the Virgin as Queen of Heaven, and while there is a good case for regarding the W as standing for Walsingham, the letter may also have had a more general meaning as double V (Virgo Virginium). | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1300
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Sally Worrell | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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