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Description: | A cast copper-alloy spherical bell of the late Medieval or post-Medieval period.
The bell is spherical in shape, with an incomplete suspension loop and an equatorial ridge. The loop was cast integrally with the bell, but wear at the base of the loop suggests the metal was thin. To either side of the suspension loop, placed halfway between the bells equator and the upper pole, are two holes through the bell approx. 4mm in diameter. One of these holes is plugged with iron corrosion. The lower half of the bell has a transverse gap (approx. 1.5mm in diameter) ending in two holes (approx. 6mm in diameter)just below the equator of the bell. A crack runs into the upper hemisphere from one of these holes. Through the gap, the iron bean can be seen, which has exploded into two connected globules.
The bells is decorated with a worn but simple incised pattern consisting of 14 flower petals with an incised line down the middle arranged around the upper hemisphere of the bell with the pole as the focus. The holes cut through this decoration. The lower hemisphere is too worn to determine the decoration.
The bell has a smooth dark green patina. | Subjects: | Spherical | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Collins, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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