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Description: | Early 17th Century. Copper alloy, 'Bell metal' cast, medium size crotal bell. Length 39.8mm, Width 34.2mm, Thickness 33.8mm, Weight 48.1g. Complete crotal bell with rounded loop. Plain top section and the lower half decorated with a sunburst design but no founder's mark. The bell has a dark grey patina, some surface corrosion. There is a rusty iron 'pea' that still rings. Ref. Detector Finds, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1992, page 35-45, no.50.
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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