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Description: | Complete cast copper alloy spherical rumbler bell (crotal) of Post Medieval date. The bell comprises two hemispherical domes with a raised circumferential join. The upper hemisphere has two circular sound holes with a rectangular tab projecting from the top between them. The tab has file marks from tidying and has been drilled with a circular hole to make a suspension loop. The lower hemisphere has a long, wide sound slit with circular holes at the ends. Both hemispheres are decorated with the typical petal or 'sunburst' design although it is more worn or less clearly defined on the upper hemisphere, there is no makers mark.. The iron pea is still present though corroded. The bell is 26.5mm in diameter around the circumferential join, 23.6mm from the top of the bell to the base and 31.2mm including the loop which is 13.1mm wide by 4.5mm thick and it weighs 24.40g.That it was drilled after casting suggests it was made before the introduction of the 'detachable sprue-piece' method in the 17th century and therefore probably dates to c.AD 1500-1650.
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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