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Description: | A complete and decorated cast copper alloy spherical "crotal" bell of seventeenth or eighteenth century date (AD 1600 - AD 1800). Length 43.2mm, maximum diameter 35.8mm. Weight 43.75g. The sub-rectangular suspension loop at the top is about 13.0mm long, 15.8mm wide and 4.0mm thick and has a sub-rectangular perforation. The upper and lower hemispheres are divided by a prominent horizontal circumferential rib. At either side of the suspension loop, about half way down the side of the upper hemisphere, is a circular sound hole. Both of the holes have a diameter of about 6.8mm. Two sound holes in the lower hemisphere are integral with a sound "slit". The upper hemisphere is plain and the lower hemisphere is decorated with a repeated "sunburst" pattern of six rays, three either side of the sound "slit". At the base of the bell there are two maker's mark, one in the form of a "founder's hammer" to one side of the sound slit and the other comprising the initials DM on the other side of the sound slit. The sunburst design and the maker's marks are all indented. The corroded iron "sound-pea" is intact. The bell is in fair condition. The outer surface is worn and has a shiny mid-green patina, excepting for some areas that have patches of superficial copper alloy corrosion.
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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