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Description: | Spherical bell made from cast copper alloy. The loop at the top is rectangular externally and circular internally. The upper half of the bell has two circular sound holes, both blocked by iron corrosion. It also has extremely worn decoration of radiating grooves, probably originally petal shapes. The lower half has two circular sound holes joined by a long slot. Part of the bell's body, between one of the upper and one of the lower sound holes, has cracked away. The lower half has extremely worn fish-scale decoration. The four sound holes are spaced evenly around the circumference and the two halves are joined by a raised seam. Part of the iron pea survives, but is now small enough to slip in and out of the bell. Length 35 mm, diameter 28 mm, weight (with pea) 37.59g. It probably dates to the 17th to 19th centuries AD.
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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