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Description: | : Incomplete post-medieval silver hawking bell now in two parts. One part of the bell is the upper hemispherical half. It is thin walled and hollow. An integral circular suspension loop survives at the top of the dome. The two upper sound holes survive to either side of the fragment. This part of the bell is plain except for the stamped initials MB or MR. To the underside of the dome is a small rectangular lug, presumably part of the clapper fitting. The fragment is now distorted around its circumference.
The second fragment is also hemispherical, thin walled and hollow. It is also more distorted than the other fragment and is squashed in upon itself. To the underside of the dome (presuming this is the lower half) is a circular perforation. Around the circumference of the dome is a broad shallow groove with an incised line running beneath. Otherwise the fragment is plain with no sound holes. The diameter of this fragment appears to be smaller than that of the other. It is presumed that the two halves fit together as they were found at the same spot, though this is not conclusive.
The edges of the fragments are ragged but not worn, suggesting damage may have occurred in the more recent past. The upper fragment is 12.12mm in diameter, 10.4mm long, of which 4.78mm is the loop and weighs 0.88g. The other (?lower) fragment is 11mm in diameter, 5.46mm long and weighs 0.43g.
This hawking bell dates from the 16th or 17th century. A similar bell can be seen in Read, 1988, History beneath our feet, page 94, number 1. | 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
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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