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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, wide sound slit with circular holes at the ends. The bell has been damaged on the lower hemisphere with small breakages on the edges of the sound slit and the original surface is now coming of in flakes. The lower hemisphere appears to have the typical 'sunburst' design, now only apparant as two faint arches adjacent to one of the sound slit ends. It has lost some of its original surface and is very worn. The upper hemishpere appears plain, but this could be due to wear, decoration having been lost. The spherical iron pea is still inside, now heavily corroded. The bell is 27.9mm in diameter around the centre and 38.0mm in height including the loop. The loop is 10.6mm tall, 11.3mm wide and 3.1mm thick. The bell weighs 18.84g.
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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