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Description: | An irregularly sub-rectangular cast copper-alloy fragment from a later post-medieval bell known as a 'rumbler'. One side is straight as it is formed of the sound slot; the other sides are jagged. The fragment is shallowly curved. The outer surface is decorated with incised pattern of the 'sunburst' type seen here as two and three lines radiating out from a double line semicircle. Within the semicircle is a letter 'W' originally flanked by annulets below, all above an engraved line. It is impossible to identify the bell's manufacturer on the basis of a single letter; however, this style of attribution with initials and annulets seems to be characteristic of a long 18th century (see Bailey 1995, 42). The fragment is scratched with a mid grey-green patina.
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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