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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy spherical (crotal) bell. Measuring 46.67mm in height and 38.98mm in diameter. This bell has a rectangular shaped suspension loop with a worn circular hole through it. The upper half has traces of oval petals, radiating from the base of the suspension loop and there are also two opposing circular sound holes. There is a circumferencial ridge around the centre of the bell. The lower half has a transverse rectangular sound slot, which terminates in two circular sound holes. It is again decorated with oval petals, radiating from the centre of the sound slot. There is a hammer to one side of the rectangular sound slot this is the bell founder's symbol/maker's mark. This bell is most likely to be late 16th to 17th century. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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