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Description: | A complete post-medieval crotal bell cast in copper alloy. The upper half is decorated with a 'sunburst' pattern formed of eight 'rays'. Each ray has a double border and a small punch towards its end. The upper half has two sound holes 3-4mm in diameter. The two sound holes on the lower hemisphere that abut the central casting seam are slightly larger (5-6mm in diameter). They are joined together by a slot and are perpendicular to those on the upper half. Either side of the slot the lower half is decorated with a 'sunburst' pattern formed of three 'rays' of similar width. The rays are formed of double borders within which a longitudinal incision. They terminate in a circle with a central punch echoing that on those on the upper half. Within one half of the 'sunburst' is a double semicircle which bears a T-shaped 'founder's hammer' motif. Such a mark within a semicircle suggests a late 16th- or early 17th-century date for this artefact (cf. Bailey 1995, 40-41). The iron pea survives within the crotal. The suspension loop is integral and rectangular with rounded corners (9.8 x 11.3 x 4.0mm). It features a U-shaped perforation, above which a transverse groove, but only on one side. The bell has a grey patina with some patches of lighter green and light brown corrosion product. On and around the suspension loop are traces of tinning.
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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