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Description: | A cast copper-alloy spherical animal ('crotal') bell of post-medieval date (c. 17th century AD). The sub-rectangular suspension loop at the top is 7.4mm in length. The curve of the bell continues under the loop suggesting it was made using the detachable sprue-piece method developed in the 17th century. The upper and lower hemispheres are divided by a prominent horizontal circumferential rib. At either side of the suspension loop, about halfway down the side of the upper hemisphere, is a circular sound hole. Across the lower hemisphere is a rectangular sound slot opening into a circular hole at each end, perpendicular to the holes above. Both hemispheres are decorated with an extremely worn 'sun-burst' design formed of bilobes with an incised central longitudinal line. To one side of the sound slot on the lower hemisphere is a worn T-shaped 'founder's hammer' motif moulded in low relief. Such a mark suggests an early 17th-century date for this artefact (cf. Bailey 1995, 40-41). The iron 'pea' is still present. The object has corroded to a red-brown colour with small patches of mid-green surface patina surviving. The lower hemisphere is now slightly misaligned as a result of old damage.
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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