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Description: | Fragment of rim from a copper-alloy clapper bell, originally c. 6 cm in diameter, with mouldings around the edge. The metal has a dark grey patina and is probably bell-metal, a shiny grey alloy with around 25% tin which produces a good tuneful note but which is rather brittle. There is a patch of bubbly green corrosion on the exterior surface. Bells are often hard to date as they can keep the same simple shape for centuries; this one is medieval or post-medieval. | Subjects: | clapper | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Geake, Helen - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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