English: Cast lead pilgrim ampulla or holy water flask with the neck slightly folded to closed the vessel. The ampulla is bag shaped with one triangular side loop at the side of the neck, used to suspend the flask from a cord around the pilgrim's neck. It is missing the other suspension loop on the opposite side of the neck. The neck is 21 mm in diameter and the height of the neck, as if the vessel was lying flat, is 19 mm. The ampulla is decorated on one side with moulded ridges radiating from the centre to imitate a scallop shell bordered by a rectangular band with a raised lattice pattern. The back of the ampulla has a central raised pellet with six radiating lines emanating from it and in each angle there is a pellet with one letter above, starting at 12 o'clock and working around the dial clockwise: 'W x D E I x' bordered by a rectangular band with a zig-zag pattern within it.

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. 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 and a crowned 'S' on the reverse, on page 88, fig.179, which is dated from c.1350-1530, along with the group from Salisbury. He refers to this type of scallop as Type II on page 59, which 'more nearly resembles the common cockle, with fine grooves and smooth edges.'

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. Ampullae with a crowned 'W' have been associated with the cult of Our Lady of Walsingham. "The relatively large number and wide distribution of the ampullae involved point to a shrine of major importance, such as Walsingham. The crown can be accepted as the emblem of the Virgin as Queen of Heaven, and while the W may stand for Walsingham, the letter may also have had a more general meaning as double V (Virgo Virginium) and M for Maria when inverted (Spencer, 1990, 60).

The 'W' on this example is made up of two crossed Vs. And the letters DEI could represent the word Dei or 'of God'.

See similar ampullae with radiating lines and raised letters in records <a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/143392" title="View details for LIN-26C422">LIN-26C422</a> and <a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/143377" title="View details for LIN-2646A3">LIN-2646A3</a>.