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Description: | Cast spherical copper alloy bell with integral suspension loop. The bell was cast in one piece, shown by the lack of joins and two 'sound holes' at the top, with the hole in the lug formed by a detachable sprue piece. The bell is 36mm in diameter and has a raised girth band 3.1mm wide dividing it into hemispheres. The upper hemisphere is undecorated but has two sounding holes, 6.3 and 7.5mm in diameter, one on each side of the suspension loop, and is marked with an O. The curve of the bell continues under the suspension loop. The loop is 16.2mm wide, 11.9mm high and 4.7mm thick with a rounded top and loop. The lower hemisphere has a central mouth 3.4mm wide with a round hole 6.9mm in diameter at each end and is decorated with an eight petalled flower, 4 petals on each side of the mouth; each petal is outlined with two lines. One half of the central flower head is marked with an R between two circles each with a central dot. The other half is marked with a very worn W. The RW on the decoration indicates the bell was cast by the Robert Wells foundry of Aldbourne active 1755-1825.
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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