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Description: | A cast copper-alloy spherical bell of 16th or 17th century date.The bell has been cast in one and still contains the bean inside.The top half has a sub-square tab emerging from the top with a circular perforation. To either side of the suspension tab halfway between the equatorial ridge and the tab are two circular perforations. Radiating centrally from the top are incised elongated petals/lobes. A slightly raised equatorial ridge separates the top half from the bottom half.The bottom half is decorated with rows of overlapping and alternating fish-scales toward the centre of the bottom. However, a rectangular opening with wider circular terminals interupts the decoration. From one terminal is a crack that runs into the upper hemisphere of the bell. To one side of the opening is a circle with a horseshoe maker's mark in it. The horseshoe is distinctive in shape and comparable to 16th/17th century types.
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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