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Description: | Small bell made from copper-alloy sheet. At the top is a suspension loop, then after a short solid narrowed neck the sheet is bent around to form a long conical body. The end is cut into four points which are bent inwards to retain the pea. When the bell is held with the suspension hole running from side to side (as if strung on a necklace) the seam falls at the reverse and the front is gilded and decorated with five neat transverse grooves. The grooves definitely do not extend around the back of the bell and the gilding appears not to either. This bell would have been worn on a sash or belt and dates to the late medieval period.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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