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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy spherical "crotal" bell of seventeenth or eighteenth century date (AD 1600 - AD 1800). Length: 38.5mm; maximum diameter: 31.0mm; weight: 28.56g.The sub-rectangular suspension loop at the top is 14.0mm in length. It is 15.0mm wide, 3.1mm thick and has an inverted 'U'-shaped perforation. The upper and lower hemispheres are divided by a prominent horizontal circumferential rib. At either side of the suspension loop, about half way down the side of the upper hemisphere, is a circular sound hole. One of the holes is complete and has a diameter of about 6.3mm. The other hole is damaged. Two similar sound holes in the lower hemisphere are integral with a sound "slit". Both hemispheres are plain. A corroded iron "sound-pea" has survived within the bell but it is fused to the inner surface and is in poor condition. The outer surface of the bell is partially covered with a brown patina otherwise the surfaces are corroded and have superficial copper alloy corrosion products where the patina is absent.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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