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Description: | Lead ampulla length 51mm, width 32mm. The flak chamber is circular with an eight petalled flower enclosed within a circle on one side and a crowned W on the other . The neck is complete and flattened, angular side handles one of which is missing Date 1350-1550Ampullae with the crowned letter 'W' are suggested to be associated with the cult of Our Lady of Walsingham (Spencer, 1990. 60-61). The W may equally have a more general meaning as a double-V for the virgin Queen of Heaven (Virgo Virginium) as also signified by the crown (Spencer, 1990: 61)The shrine to a statue of the Virgin at Walsingham was one of the most significant sanctuaries in Europe in the Late Medieval Period, eclipsing Canterbury as the principal English pilgrim resort in the 15th and 16th century (Spencer, 1990, 30-31).Spencer, B, 1990. Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue. Part 2, Pilgrim souvenirs and secular badges Salisbury : , pp30-31, 60-61, 88-89.
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