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Description: | Silver spherical bell. The bell is formed of upper and lower hemispheres soldered or brazed together in a raised join around the centre. The upper hemisphere is plain with a silver loop soldered to the centre. This loop is formed of a D-shaped loop of silver with flat inner side; the ends of the loop are brought in to meet each other before being attached to the bell. The lower hemisphere has a thin sound slot ending in small circular holes running right across it There are several pieces of dirt and possibly a copper alloy pea inside the bell. there is no evidence of a makers mark. It is 15.2mm across the middle, 14.0mm thick excluding the loop, 20.6mm including it and weighs 3.57g.Similar plain examples have been dated to the 15th-18th century, SWYOR-D0B8E1, NMS-9CF842 (2010 T583), DENO-127662 (2009 T148), ESS-C74BF0 (2009 T219), BH-00E682 (2006 T439), and NMS-2C2226 (2007T306). A photograph was examined by Dora Thornton of the British Museum who gave her opinion that it was likely to be 18th century and there not definitely 300 years old so not Treasure under the act.
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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