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Description: | Cast copper alloy (high tin content) crotal (animal bell) of post-medieval date. This complete example has a sub-circular suspension loop, with a circular perforation, located between the two circular sound holes of the upper hemisphere. The bell was cast in one piece, with no median ridge seperating the lower and upper hemispheres. The sound slot on the lower hemisphere runs parallel to the suspension loop and terminates in two large circular holes. There is no maker's mark. The surfaces are uneven and the holes not uniform. File markes are visible around the suspension loop and upper hemisphere. The bell has a dark-grey patina. The iron pea is intact. This handmade crotal dates to the 15th to 17th centuries (Bailey, 1995, pg 40-41).
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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