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Description: | Cast copper alloy crotal bell with the ?sunburst? pattern decorating the upper and lower parts of this spherical-shaped bell. Within each sunburst is an moulded line, like a ray. The maker?s mark on the base of the bell is too corroded to make out, but it may be a 'T'. There is a central raised rib which divides the upper and lower halves of the bell. On the upper half of the bell, there are two circular sound holes on either side of the suspension loop, which is made up of a sub-rectangular opening within a square. On the lower half of the bell, there are two circular holes, connected by a slit which runs perpendicular to the central rib, along the circumference of the bell until it almost meets the rib on both sides. There are two moulded lines, one either side of the slit, which help to define it and divide it from the decoration. The metal ball clapper remains within the bell.
c. AD 1575-1625
Bailey (1992) has a similar example on p.40, no.9, with similar decoration and a founder's hammer on the base of the bell which he dates from the late 16th to early 17th century. | 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: | 1575
1625 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Anna Tyacke | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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