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Description: | An incomplete cast lead alloy pilgrim's ampulla. The lower part or chamber of a flask-shaped ampulla. The chamber is hollow and circular. The stub of the neck at the top retains remnants of the broken angled suspension loops. There is a casting sprue at the base of the chamber. The chamber is decorated as follows:Side one: A compass drawn octofoil comprising four large foils with a smaller ones in each of the angles. The larger foils are decorated with cast relief detail of a central midrib with diagonal lines either side (forming chevrons) to indicate leaves or possibly feathers.Side two: A relief stylised crown with looped sides and a crude fleur de lis central ornament. Below it is an area of cross hatching.The ampulla has been cut diagonally across the top to release the contents.Date: Late Medieval - C. 1350 - 1530Dimensions: 35.50 mm x 29.26 mm x 7.52 mmWeight: 24.70 gSimilar examples recorded from Dorset on the PAS database include: DOR-8820B3, DOR-0FBEC8 and DOR-F07DF3The ampulla would originally have contained holy water or annointing oil from a medieval shrine. Spencer suggests the crowned I may be for Our Lady of Ipswich or a particular saint whose initial it represents e.g.St Ives (Ramsey Abbey, Hunts), St John e.g. of Beverley, St James (Reading Abbey), etc. (Spencer, B, 1990Salisbury Museum Catalogue Part 2: Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges, Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, p.62 no.144 and p.91 fig.187)
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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