Record ID: LVPL-94BAA3
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead ampulla dating to the Medieval period, (1100-1500). The bowl is semi-circular and the neck which has been damaged and is incomplete is rectangular in cross-section. The neck of the object has been folded back on each side to open the ampulla. The handles which would have connected the neck of the object to the body have broken away with just a small scar remaining on one side. One surface of the ampulla is decorated with a fleur-de-lis either side of which is one pellet. The opposite face is decorated with a crown above an open spiral. The edges of each side of the bowl is …
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandbach', grid reference and parish protected.