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Description: | Cast copper alloy crotal bell, Post Medieval in date.It is complete although the clapper is missing. It is spherical with a raised median ridge. On the top half are two circular holes on either side. On the lower half are two circular holes joined by a linear slot. The lower half of the bell is decorated with raised lines in the form of a face.Many makers are known, though the identity of the maker of some of the most commonly found bell varieties is still, oddly enough, a mystery. They were used on horse harnesses etc. as decorative elements, and range in size from roughly 2.5 cms to well over 10 cms. Early bells were decorated on both upper and lower halves, whereas later on the decoration tended to be on just the lower half. Larger, square handles tend to be later examples. Some of them carry the initials of the maker either side of the slot in the lower half. These bells were used to warn other horse drawn vehicle users (mostly on country roads) that another vehicle was approaching. They were either hung on a small leather and iron harness bracket above the horse's collar on smaller vehicles. On larger vehicles, such as delivery wagons, they were driven into the wooden frame of the wagon.
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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