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Description: | A complete post-medieval spherical animal bell ('crotal') cast in copper alloy. The upper half is decorated with a 'sunburst' pattern formed of eight 'rays', with a double loop and central longitudinal incised line. The upper half has two sound holes 3.75-4mm in diameter. The two sound holes on the lower hemisphere that abut the central casting seam are slightly larger (5.05-5.35mm in diameter). They are joined together by a slot and are perpendicular to those on the upper half, aligned to the short side of the suspension loop. Either side of the slot the lower half is decorated with a 'sunburst' pattern formed of three 'rays' of similar width, with a double loop and central longitudinal incised line. The rays are formed of double borders. Within one half of the 'sunburst', adjacent to the slot, is a moulded 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). The corroded iron pea survives within the crotal. The suspension loop is integral and trapezoidal, raised at one end, with slightly rounded corners (7.45 x 12.45 x 4mm). It features a sub-oval perforation. The bell has a dark-grey patina with some patches of light-green corrosion product.
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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