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Description: | An incomplete worn cast copper-alloy crotal bell dating to the post-medieval period. The upper half suffers from considerable corrosion but was probably decorated with the 'sun-burst' pattern. The lower half features 'fish scale' decoration consisting of overlapping semicircles. Over a quarter of the bell has been lost following old damage: half of the lower hemisphere from the perforation round to the medial joining band, and beyond to elements of the upper hemisphere extending from the weak point of one of the sound holes. As a consequence the iron pea is missing. The other sound hole is distinguishable, and the suspension loop extant. This latter is semicircular, with a circular perforation. The areas of the crotal not suffering from corrosion have a orange-brown patina. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1525
1650 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Robert Webley | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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