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Description: | An incomplete and misshapen post-Medieval sheet copper-alloy candle snuffer bell (c. 1500-c. 1700).Prior to being flattened, the bell would have been conical and hollow. It has a sharp point at the top. It has a vertical seam that has sprung apart slightly. An incomplete soldered integral copper-alloy handle close to the bottom and adjacent to the seam, is square in cross-section. On the outer face, at the bottom, there is a border formed of two circumferential lines of rope work. Within the lines are nine equidistant flower head motifs. Each motif is composed of seven small pellets, one at the centre surrounded by six others. The outer walls of the bell, above the border, have a repetitive scale-like decoration. The scales diminish in size towards the apex.This snuffer has a small fleck of mid-green patina and is a matt light brown colour and is partially covered with superficial light green copper-alloy corrosion products. There are similar corrosion products on the inside.39.4 x 26.9 x 6.5mm. Weight: 5.92g. The sheet is c. 0.3mm thick.A candle snuffer with similar decoration has been recorded from Ripon Parish, North Yorkshire. See, Portable Antiquities Scheme find: LVPL-FD39C1.
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