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Description: | Medieval lead ampulla, side lugs, one damaged, one face with scallop shell of Spencer's (1990) type II, and on the other face an R beneath a lily in lily pot (see Spencer 1980, 16, no.39). The R may stand for the Lady Richelde of Fervaques, the 'founder' of the shrine at Walsingham, the lily symbolises the Virgin's purity, and the scallop shell represents pilgrimage. Length 46mm. Width at lugs 30mm. 15th-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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