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Description: | A cast copper-alloy clapper bell of late Medieval to early Post-Medieval date. It is complete with the exception of the iron clapper that is mostly missing due to old breaks. The bell has an everted rim that is thickened on its outer surface and on one side has a founnder's mark comprising the letter I or possibly T. At the top it has rounded shoulders and a flattened upper surface with a prominent circumferential ridge around its edge. Extending from the centre of the upper surface is an integrally cast suspension loop that is flat, rectangular in form with a faceted lozengiform upper edge and a central oval shaped aperture. On the interior surface of the bell there is extensive iron staining to one side of the rim and the incomplete remains of a separately cast iron clapper with two cylindrical shafts is just visible pendant from the top of the interior. This bell measures 47.43mm in length/height, 47.82mm in diameter at rim, 25.38mm in diameter at shoulder, 2.09mm in thickness at rim, 5.30mm in thickness at suspension loop, and weighs 62.72g.A similar, smaller bell is noted from London from contexts that date to the 16th or 17th centuries AD (Egan, 2005: no. 1175). It finds parallels in further examples from Suffolk (SF-1A07A6, SF-ACF3F6) and from Winchester where a 15th to 16th century AD date and liturgical context are suggested for this type of bell (Biddle, 1990: pp. 725-726, fig. 207). The current example is likely to be of similar 15th-17th century AD date and with a potential usage in religious houses during mass.
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