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Description: | Cast copper alloy spherical rumbler bell (crotal) of Post Medieval date. The bell comprises two hemispherical domes with a raised circumferential join. The upper hemisphere has two circular sound holes with sub-square suspension loop projecting from the top between them. The curve of the bell continues under the loop aperture suggesting it was made using a detachable 'sprue-piece', this method was introduced in the 17th century. The lower hemisphere has a long sound slit with circular holes at each end. the upper hemisphere is plain while the lower is decorated with the common 'sunburst' or petal' patten in which four round- ended petals ray out from a semicircle on each side of the sound slit. One semicircle has the letter I flanked by ring and dot, the other the letter B. Several IB or BI makers marks are known but, given the findspot, James Burroughs of Devizes, bell founder 1738-1755, may be the most likely producer. The spherical copper alloy pea is still inside.The bell is dark green-grey in colour suggesting a relatively high tin content to the alloy. The bell is 52.9mm in diameter around the centre and 61.8mm long including the loop, the loop is 12.5mm tall, 18.4mm wide and 5.5mm thick. The bell weighs 143.39 grams.
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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