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Description: | A post-medieval cast copper-alloy animal ('crotal') bell. This complete example has an integral suspension loop, in the form of a parallelogram (9.75 by 11.2mm), and a semicircular perforation at the base. A ridged effect at the top of the loop suggests that it was snapped off as part of the manufacturing process. The upper hemisphere is seemingly plain and has two sound holes. There is a median moulding between the upper and lower hemispheres. The sound slot on the lower hemisphere runs parallel to the suspension loop and perpendicular to the upper sound holes. The sound slot terminates in two circular holes. The lower hemisphere is decorated with a 'sun burst' design, with the addition of an incised line to either side of the sound slot. There are three lobes to each side of the slot, the central three of which interrupted by a moulded letter 'T', or founder's hammer motif, to one side. The lobes are doubly incised with a central longitudinal incision. The spherical iron pea is still extant. A similar bell with moulded 'T' can be found illustrated in Bailey (1995, 40; ref. 8). The bell has a dark-grey patina with traces of off-white corrosion product and some iron corrosion from the pea to one side of the sound slot.
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