Record ID: IOW-ED754E
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval lead alloy pilgrim ampulla (c. 1300-c. 1500). Some of the mouth and the suspension loops are missing due to breaks. The bag-shaped body has a shell design at the front and there is a Lombardic T within a circle on the reverse. There is a buff patina in places. Length: 52.0mm; width at top: 23.7mm; width of body: 26.3mm; thickness: 10.0mm. Weight: 47.52g. Brian Spencer, formerly Senior Keeper at the Museum of London, who made a life-time study of ampullae, has written: 'Ampullae or miniature phials were an important kind of souvenir. Generally flas…
Created on: Friday 17th May 2019
Last updated: Saturday 18th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-5EF184
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval lead alloy pilgrim ampulla (c. 1300-c. 1500). Some of the mouth and one suspension loop are missing due to breaks. The circular body has a raised flat-topped quartered shield on one side and a 'compass-drawn' flower of six petals on the other side. The edge of the shield side is bevelled. The long neck flares from the body towards the mouth which has a ragged break. The surviving suspension loop is complete but broken. The body is smooth and has a buff patina. The neck is fractured and corroded. Length: 54.4mm; width: 29.3mm; thickness: 8.8mm. Weight…
Created on: Monday 21st January 2019
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-36E10E
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval lead alloy pilgrim ampulla (c 1300-c. 1500). The mouth, neck and suspension lugs are missing. The object is now sub-circular in plan and has a ragged break at the top. One side of the body has near vertical grooves and ridges which represent an escallop shell. There are also grooves and ridges on the bevelled edge. The opposite side has an unclear raised design with a cross-hatched background. This ampulla is pale buff overall and the breaks are old. Length: 31.6mm; width: 28.3mm; thickness: 5.8mm. Weight: 19.66g. Ampullae have been published (Spe…
Created on: Monday 7th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-4DD087
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval lead alloy pilgrim ampulla (c. 1300-c. 1500). The suspension loops are missing and the rim of the mouth is incomplete. The sub-circular body has a raised crown on one side and a 'compass-drawn' flower of four petals on the other side. The crown and flower have backgrounds of raised hatching. Below each suspension loop the edge of the crown side is bevelled and decorated with oblique lines. On both faces, level with the suspension loops, there are double parallel ridges. The long neck flares from the body towards the mouth which has a ragged break. This …
Created on: Friday 21st September 2018
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-18717E
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval lead alloy pilgrim ampulla (c 1300-c. 1500). The neck has been removed and one suspension loop is missing, although the stubs of the loop are present. The circular body has a raised crown on one side and a 'compass-drawn' flower of four petals on the other side. The crown is now barely visible. Between each petal there is raised hatching. Below each suspension loop the edges are bevelled on both faces. The neck has been deliberately cut off the body and the edges of the cuts has been tightly closed together and sealed. The body has been pressed inwards fro…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-48E30D
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval lead alloy pilgrim ampulla (c. 1250-c. 1500). The neck and suspension lugs are missing. The main body is circular in plan and there is a raised design on each face. One face has a double rose and the other side has initials: W B. The edge of the face with the rose is grooved and 'billeted'. This ampulla has a buff patina and the break is ragged. Height: 29.4mm; width: 32.0mm; thickness: 6.0mm. Weight: 17.32g. Brian Spencer, formerly Senior Keeper at the Museum of London, who made a life-time study of ampullae, has written: 'Ampullae or miniature p…
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Sunday 4th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-51D841
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Medieval lead alloy pilgrim ampulla (c. 1300-c. 1500). This ampulla fragment is part of the rounded body and a small portion of neck. There is a stub of a suspension loop. Both faces have a raised design. One side has 'compass-drawn' petals of a flower with a hatched background. The other side has concentric circles containing a heart-like or shield-like motif. The ampulla has a reddish buff patina and the breaks are ragged. Length: 38.0mm; width: 16.1mm; thickness: 8.0mm. Weight: 14.19g. (weight may include soil within). Brian Spencer, formerly Senior Keeper…
Created on: Thursday 28th December 2017
Last updated: Saturday 30th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-C23E28
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn Medieval lead alloy pilgrim ampulla (c. 1250-c. 1500). The suspension lugs and part of the mouth are missing. The main body is circular in plan and the neck flares outwards slightly. There are two stubs of the suspension loops and the scars of two others. One side of this ampulla is decorated with a six-petalled 'compass-drawn' flower and the other side has a crowned letter 'W' with a feature to either side and below. The edge of the main body on the flower side is bevelled and 'billeted'. The edge on the other side is bevelled and plain. This ampulla i…
Created on: Thursday 21st December 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-FBCDCB
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval lead alloy pilgrim ampulla (c. 1300-c. 1500). This ampulla is sub-rectangular in plan. The rounded body has bevelled sides and the neck flares outwards slightly to the oblique ragged break at the mouth. One suspension loop is intact but bent and the other is missing due to breaks. Both faces of the body are decorated. One face has a raised shield containing an open cross and the other face has a raised star-like motif. The base is decorated with raised contiguous saltires. The ampulla is buff and the body is flattened. The break at the top is old. Lengt…
Created on: Monday 20th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-8507D2
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval lead alloy pilgrim ampulla (c. 1300-c. 1500). This ampulla is sub-rectangular in plan. The rounded body has bevelled sides and the neck flares outwards slightly to the ragged mouth. One suspension loop is triangular and complete but a hole for suspension did not form during casting. The other loop is incomplete and survives as a stub only. Both faces of the body have decorative radiating ridges which also cover the bevelled areas. This decoration may represent an escallop shell. A large portion of one face is missing due to a break. The ampulla is corroded…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2016
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-02FF28
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and corroded Medieval lead alloy pilgrim ampulla (c. 1300-c. 1500). The neck and attachment lugs are missing. The body is sub-circular in plan and convex at the front and rear. Moulded ridges and grooves at the front represent an escallop shell. The rear face appears to be plain. The ampulla is reddish grey and the ragged breaks are old. Height: 27.6mm; width: 27.0mm; thickness: 6.6mm. Weight: 17.53g. The weight includes some soil within. Brian Spencer, formerly Senior Keeper at the Museum of London, who made a life-time study of ampullae, has written: 'Am…
Created on: Monday 19th September 2016
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-5A88F2
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast lead pilgrim ampulla of Medieval date (c. 1150-c. 1350). The upper part, including the suspension loops, is missing due to old breaks. The lower part, the body, is sub-circular in plan. One face has a raised design of radiating lines that represent the surface of a shell and the opposite face appears to be plain. The object is corroded and in poor condition. 29.1 x 27.7 x 5.6mm. Weight: 21.25g. Brian Spencer, formerly Senior Keeper at the Museum of London, who made a life-time study of ampullae, has written: 'Ampullae or miniature phials were an importa…
Created on: Wednesday 14th April 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 7th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-E56B30
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete lead alloy ampulla of Medieval date. Length 36mm, width 29mm and 7mm thick. Weight 22.56g. The neck and both loops that allowed the container to be suspended from the wearer’s neck are broken and missing and all breaks appear to be old. The surviving part, the body, is sub-circular in plan and tapers gently towards the missing neck. The convex obverse face has a large central dent and the reverse face is also slightly dented, perhaps deliberately so. The surfaces are heavily corroded, therefore, it is difficult to determine whether the faces were decorated.
Created on: Sunday 7th November 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Arreton Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-A6C036
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast lead alloy pilgrim ampulla of Medieval date, probably thirteenth to fifteenth century. Length 38mm, width, including the suspension loops, 38mm and 9mm thick. Weight 32.32g. The whole of the neck is missing. The body is sub-circular in plan and has a casting seam along the edge which divides each undecorated face. A near horizontal break, just above the suspension loops, is ragged and is probably an old break. One of the suspension loops is situated slightly lower than the other. At the centre of the base is a large upward projecting dent which seems to be old damage. …
Created on: Monday 11th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chale Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-323522
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast lead alloy pilgrim ampulla of Medieval, thirteenth or fourteenth century date. Length 47mm, width 30mm. Viewing the ampulla in plan, it has a circular body with a neck that flares gently outwards towards the rim which is uneven and has been “crimped” in order to contain holy water. Viewed from the obverse side, the right hand suspension loop is incomplete and the broken part is missing. The left hand suspension loop is complete but mis-shapen. Decoration on the body of the obverse side is in the form of a symmetrically-shaped flower with four large pointed petals a…
Created on: Saturday 11th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shorwell Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-731D41
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Complete lead alloy pilgrim ampulla of Medieval, thirteenth to fifteenth century date. Length 54mm, width 30.5mm and 6mm thick. Weight 32.99g. The ampulla is flask-shaped with thick walls and a relatively long neck (24mm). As viewed from the obverse or reverse, the neck flares gently outwards from the circular body. On each side, at the junction of the neck and the body is a relatively large suspension loop. The obverse side is decorated with a crowned heart which is in-filled with cross-hatching. An uneven surface around the the mouth of the neck on the obverse is probably the result…
Created on: Thursday 2nd September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-FDD290
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast lead alloy ampulla, probably made from a two-piece mould. The top portion of the neck is missing and the breaks appear to be old. Medieval, fifteenth century. (Mitchiner 1986, 138). Length 50mm, width 28.mm, maximum thickness 8.5mm. Weight 36.01g. The ampulla is pouch-shaped and has a neck with flaring sides which are concave in profile At each side of the base of the neck is the remains of an attachment loop. These loops allowed the ampulla to be suspended by a cord or chain from the neck of the wearer. Both faces of the ampulla have moulded decoration. On one side …
Created on: Wednesday 28th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calbourne Parish', grid reference and parish protected.