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Description: | A corroded and broken post-medieval spherical animal bell cast in copper alloy, now missing its pea. The bell is spherical and comprises two hemispherical domes with a raised circumferential join. The upper half is decorated with a 'sunburst' pattern formed of a number of 'rays'. It has two perforations for sound holes, along with three holes due to casting flaws, two of these latter at the base of the suspension loop. The two sound holes on the lower hemisphere that abut the central casting seam are larger (c. 6.2mm in diameter). They are joined together by a slot and are set perpendicular to those on the upper half, aligned to the short end of the suspension loop. Either side of the slot the lower half is decorated with a 'sunburst' pattern formed of numerous 'rays'. Within one half of the 'sunburst' is a shield-shaped cartouche which bears a T-shaped 'founder's hammer' motif. Such a mark suggests a late 16th- or early 17th-century date for this artefact (cf. Bailey 1995, 40-41). The other half has been bent inwards and almost half of its area lost adjacent to the slot, to one side. The crude, corroded suspension loop is integral (8.05 x 10.2 x 4.15mm). It features a sub-circular perforation through its base (Dia.: 4.2mm). The bell has corroded to a variable mid-green colour, with patches of off-white corrosion product in places.
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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