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Description: | An almost complete cast copper alloy spherical bell which is 38.6mm in diameter. There is a central projecting rib round the diameter and an oval suspension hole in the sub-rectangular projecting tab at the top which makes the bell 48.2mm high. There are two sound holes in the top half, one each side of the suspension loop. The top half is decorated with 8 petal shaped loops, each containing a dot, radiating from the suspension loop. There is a slot across the lower half with a circular hole at each end. There is some damage to one of these holes where some of the bell is missing. There is similar decoration on the lower half, again, 8 petals radiating from the base. The design is interrupted by a hammer shaped mark in relief at the base. The clapper is missing. The metal is in good condition. It is a dark brown colour with some orange patches. Bells of this type tend to date from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries. | 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: | 1400
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Amy Downes | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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