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Description: | Five cast copper-alloy crotal or rumbler bells of Post-Medieval date. One is missing its lower half due to old breaks, but the remaining four are complete. All are spherical in form with integrally cast rectangular suspension loops and opposing sound holes on the upper hemisphere, prominent circumferential ridges, and circular sound holes conneted by a rectangular sound slot on the lower hemisphere. On all of the bells there is incised decoration comprising radiating petals or rays, three of the bells having worn lettering to either side of the sound slot, and three (including the incomplete example) lack decoration on the upper hemisphere. They have a combined total weight of 136.25g and date to the Post-Medieval period, c.1500-1800 AD. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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