ampulla
- Museum number
- 1856,0701.2050
- Description
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Gilt lead alloy pilgrim ampulla.The flat vessel is tear-drop shaped, with narrow neck and two suspensory loops.One side is embossed with the standing figure of the Virgin in a ship with a model of a church in her right hand. The reverse shows the Virgin and Child, both nimbed, receiving supplication from a kneeling figure. An inscription runs around the outer edge. The ampulla can be associated with other pilgrim souvenirs produced at the shrine to the Virgin in Boulogne-sur-mer.
- Production date
- 13th,15th century (circa)
- Dimensions
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Length: 27 millimetres
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Width: 16 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2015 29 Jan-18 Oct, Finland, Tampere, Museum Centre Vapriikki, Pilgrimages from Finland
1985 28 Sep-23 Dec, Belgium, Ghent, St Peter's Abbey, Santiago de Compostela: 1000 Years of European Pilgrimage
- Acquisition date
- 1856
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1856,0701.2050
