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Description: | Medieval copper alloy sheet sub-spherical bell. The bell is formed of two hemispheres joined at the centre with a raised rib. It is circular in plan but an oval in profile. In the centre of the upper half is a loop formed of a strip of copper alloy bent around into a circle until the ends join and are then joined to the main bell. There is no evidence on the inner side that they go through the bell and are bent outwards. Across the lower side is a sound slot with slightly angular oval expansions at each end. To one side of the slot is stamped a cross pattee. There is a corroded iron pea within the bell. It is 34.5mm tall, 26.4mm excluding the loop, 26.2mm in diameter. It is 0.6mm thick by the sound slot and the loop is 0.9mm thick. it weighs 12.73 grams.Very similar bells have been found in excavations in London, in layers dating from the late 13th to early 15th centuries AD (G. Egan and F. Pritchard; 1991; pp. 338-9). In those cases the loop is made by a strip being pushed through the upper hemisphere. This is unusual due to the stamp which suggests it may have been used in a religious context or for a religious purpose.
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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