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Description: | A small incomplete bell made from copper alloy sheet of probable Medieval to Post-Medieval date. The remains of an integral circular suspension loop are visible at the top of the bell formed by pinching together the top of the copper alloy sheet to form the loop, half of which is now missing due to an old break. The copper alloy sheet is bent or rolled to form a long conical body, the unsoldered seam visble to one side, presumably the back. The end of the bell is cut into four points that are bent inwards, two joining together at the seem and the other two separate, to form a rounded end with three sound holes. The very end of the bell is missing due to an old break. There remains what appears to be a clapper inside the bell, although this is largely missing and it is impossible to determine the form or composition. The bell measures 29.15mm in length, 7.77mm in width, and weighs 1.77g. The chronology for bells such as this is not yet fully apparent. It is likely that bells such as this would have been worn on clothing, perhaps on a belt or sash. Examples of Medieval to Post-Medieval date (see in particular Bailey, 1995: pp. 36, no. 1) would indicate a date from the fourteenth to sixteenth century for this example, if not a little later.
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