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Description: | A cast copper-alloy crotal (rumbler) bell of Post-Medieval date. The bell is approximately two thirds complete. The suspension loop has an outer rectangular shape with rounded corners. Externally the loop measures 10.45mm high, 13.65mm wide and 3.77mm thick. Internally the loop is arch shaped with straight sides and a semicircular top. The internal dimensions are 5.85mm high and 6.26mm wide. A plain ridge c.5.00mm wide spans the mid point of the bell. The upper half of the bell is undecorated and has two sound holes, each with a diameter of 6.34mm. A crack 0.25mm wide runs between one of the sound holes, on the upper half, down and past the mid point ridge of the bell. Only half of the lower part of the bell survives. The lower half of the bell has faint moulded 'sunburst' decoration and two sound holes, now only partially surviving, which had an estimated diameter of 4.06mm. These were probably joined by a slit however too much of the lower half is missing to confirm this. The bell weighs 17.21g and has a maximum diameter of c.27.90mm. An example can be seen in Bailey, G. 2000 (p.67, fig.9) and Cuddleford, M. 1994 (p.5, fig.4).
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