ampulla
- Museum number
- 1985,1009.1
- Description
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Hollow-cast pilgrim ampulla consisting of a large cylinder with a central, smaller cylinder perpendicular to it forming a neck. The neck is flank by two metal arms. Excluding the end panels, the whole object is ornamented with bands of triangle patterns, alternately decorated with hatching and parallel lines. One end depicts St Thomas Becket enthroned; on the other end, his martyrdom with a single knight and some foliate decoration in the background. This piece is associated with the shrine of St Thomas Becket at Canterbury.
- Production date
- 1220 - 1420 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 59.15 millimetres
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Width: 59.22 millimetres
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Depth: 31.89 millimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2021 20 May- 22 Aug, London, BM, Room 35 – Thomas Becket: Murder and the Making of a Saint
1990 Sep 24-Oct 31, Canterbury City Council Museums Art Galleries & Monuments, Thomas Becket
1987-1988 6 Nov-6 Mar, London, Royal Academy of Arts, Age of Chivalry: Art in Plantagenet England 1200-1400
- Acquisition date
- 1985
- Acquisition notes
- Found in soil removed from site of lorry park.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1985,1009.1
