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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy spherical "crotal" bell of seventeenth or eighteenth century date (AD 1600 - AD 1800). Length: 39.9mm; maximum diameter: 30.2mm; weight: 26.09g. The sub-rectangular suspension loop at the top is 9.0mm in length. It is 12.2mm wide, 5.1mm thick and has a small circular perforation for suspension. The upper and lower hemispheres are divided by a prominent horizontal circumferential rib. However, one half of the lower hemisphere is missing due to an old abraded break. At either side of the suspension loop, about half way down the side of the upper hemisphere, is a very small circular sound hole. Two larger sound holes in the lower hemisphere were integral with a sound "slit". The upper hemisphere is decorated with a 'sun-burst' design and the lower hemisphere has 'fish-scale' decoration. At the base there is a moulded heart-shaped maker's mark.The outer surface of the bell is tinned and the inner face is corroded.
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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