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Description: | A damaged spherical cast copper-alloy post-medieval animal 'crotal' (bell). This complete example has a sub-square suspension loop between two circular sound holes located on the upper hemisphere. The sound holes are recessed on the outer surface and measure c. 5/6mm in diameter. The upper hemisphere is plain. The suspension loop has a angled top and the curve of the bell continues through the opening suggesting it was made using the detachable sprue-piece casting method developed in the 17th century. The loop measures up to 10mm in height by 11.9mm in width by 5.15mm thick.There is a worn median ridge separating the upper and lower hemispheres. The narrow sound slot of the lower hemisphere is in the same plane as the suspension loop, and it terminates in two circular holes; there is a crack on one side running between the sound hole in the upper and lower halves. The slot is delineated by an incised line on both sides. Abutting one of the lines is a shield shaped cartouche which bears a worn T-shaped 'founder's hammer' motif. Such a mark suggests a late 16th- or early 17th-century date for this artefact (cf. Bailey 1995, 40-41). To each side of the slot the lower half is decorated with a 'sunburst' pattern formed of four 'rays' of similar width. The rays are formed of double borders with a central short line. The iron pea survives within the crotal; spots of orange/brown corrosion product are present on both hemispheres, possibly a result of the pea corroding in the ground. The bell has a dark-grey patina.
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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