MEDIEVAL LEAD PILGRIM’S HOLY WATER AMPULLA Dating Circa 14th Century AD (040)

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MEDIEVAL LEAD PILGRIM’S HOLY WATER AMPULLA Dating Circa 14th Century AD (040)ANCIENT MEDIEVAL LEAD PILGRIMS AMPULLA TRACES OF DECORATIONS A medieval pilgrims ampulla, cast from lead, and decorated with various emblems. These miniature flasks were sold at pilgrimage centres and shrines. They would be filled with holy water or oil and then sealed. The lugs allowed the ampulla to be sewn onto clothing or worn on a cord around the neck, as both souvenir and object of devotion. In Piers Ploughman, Langland describes a pilgrim:

ex private uk collection formed 1980s

FITTED WITH A SILVER MOUNT & HOOKS

ANCIENT MEDIEVAL SILVER CHRISTOGRAM RING

BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED WITH INLAID PASTE

GORGEOUS ANCIENT ROMAN TWO HANDLED GLASS FLASK

Period - 9th - 7th Century BC

BEAUTIFUL ANCIENT ROMAN GOLD INTAGLIO RING

COMPRISING OF A SINGLE BAND

This is a Superb Roman Bronze Phallic Amulet

& FINE WIRE FILIGREE DECORATION AROUND THE TERMINALS

INSET WITH A HIGH QUALITY CARVED AMETHYST INTAGLIO

OF THE CRESCENT MOON