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Description: | Cast lead-alloy pilgrim's ampulla decorated with a scallop shell. It has two small handles for suspension on either side of the neck and the shell-shaped body is widely splayed. The neck was pinched shut to keep the holy water from spilling out. Pilgrims took these souvenirs often home to sprinkle their fields and gardens, etc. with holy water. "Ampulla decorated with a scallop-shell and sealed by pinching together its narrow mouth. Suspended from its handles, it would have been worn around the pilgrim's neck. Though associated with the pilgrimage to St James of Compostela (Santiago), the scallop was also widely thought of as athe emblem of pilgrimage itself and shrines other than Compostela incorporated the shell into their own souvenirs. Ampullae with the scallop have turned up in many parts of England, especially in East Anglia. Usually they have added devices, which, taken together, point to Walsingham as their likeliest place of origin." (Spencer 1980, 16) | 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: | 1400
1800 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Dot Boughton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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