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Description: | A complete but damaged post-medieval spherical animal bell cast in copper alloy, with extant iron pea. The bell is spherical and comprises two hemispherical domes with a raised circumferential join. The upper half is seemingly plain. It has two very basic perforations for sound holes. The two sound holes on the lower hemisphere that abut the central casting seam are far larger and better rendered (c. 7.2mm in diameter). They are joined together by a slot but are not perpendicular to those on the upper half, rather they are at an angle aligned between the short end of the suspension loops and the holes on the upper half. Either side of the slot the lower half is decorated with a 'sunburst' pattern formed of four large 'rays', the central pair forming something approaching a heart shape. The iron pea survives within the crotal highly corroded. The suspension loop is integral and flattened at the top, with evidence of snapping from the mould (11.2 x 8.7 x 5.7mm). It features a circular perforation through its base (Dia.: 3.8mm). The bell has a dull grey surface with patches of light-green and off-white corrosion product in places. Two cracks emanate from one of the sound holes on the lower hemisphere.
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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