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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 a 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 rounded ends. The upper hemisphere is has lines radiating out from around the suspensions loop while the lower is decorated with the common 'sunburst' or petal' patten in which five round- ended petals radiate out from each side of the sound slit border. There is no markers mark. The spherical copper alloy pea is still inside.The bell is 29.3mm in diameter around the centre and 38.3mm in height including the loop. The loop is 10.4mm tall, 12.1mm wide and 4.0mm thick. The bell weighs 24.15g. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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