English: Cast lead pilgrim ampulla or holy water flask with the neck folded over to close the vessel. The ampulla is bag shaped with no evidence for loops at the side of the neck, used to suspend the flask from a cord around the pilgrim's neck. The ampulla is decorated on the front with raised radiating lines that form a scallop shell pattern, typical of ampullae. The scallop shell was originally the emblem of the apostle St. James the Greater, of Compostela, but soon became a generic symbol of pilgrim saints and pilgrims. The back of the ampulla is more corroded but the edge appears to have alternating raised lines with grooves and rows of raised dots to the edge of the circular area that is now recessed and more worn, which may have held more raised decoration originally. These ampullae were bought by pilgrims from pilgrimage sites, and contained thaumaturgic (miracle-working) liquids such as holy water or water from sacred springs. They were popular souvenirs from around 1175 until the early 14th Century, when pilgrim badges became more favoured, but they continued to be made, some smaller to be worn as badges, and some more robust, functional and standardised, like this example, into the 15th century.

Spencer (1990) illustrates a similar ampulla with a scallop shell on one side and a crowned 'S' on the other within a scalloped border of short oblique lines, on page 88, fig.179, which is dated from c.1350-1530, along with the group from Salisbury.

Spencer in Saunders (2012) illustrates another ampulla from Salisbury, with a crowned 'W' on one side and a scallop shell with raised border above on the other side, on page 305, fig.78, no.298, which is dated from the late Medieval period.

See <a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/273347" title="View details for LVPL-1B3F01">LVPL-1B3F01</a> for a similar ampulla with broad ridges in the scallop shell and a raised circular motif within a scalloped border on the other side.