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Description: | Complete cast copper alloy "crotal" bell of Post Medieval date (AD 1500 ? AD 1800). Length 43mm, diameter 36mm. Weight 42.28g.
The decorated bell has a sub-rectangular suspension lug which is 11m in length, 13mm wide at the base and 11.5m in width at the top. It has a maximum thickness of 6mm at the base. There is a circular perforation in the lug which is 5mm in diameter. The spherical bell is divided horizontally into two equal halves by a prominent circumferential moulded rib. About mid-way between the suspension lug and the rib are two diametrically opposed circular sound holes, each of which is about 3mm in diameter. There are two other circular sound holes in the lower hemisphere that are joined by an integral sound slit. These lower holes are 8mm in diameter. On both hemispheres the decoration is in the form of the characteristic ?sunburst? design. The bell is in good condition and the corroded iron sub sherical "sound-pea" is in situ. The outer surface of the bell has traces of tinning. | 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: | 1500
1800 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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