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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy clapper bell of Medieval or later date. A fragment from the rim and one side of the bell survives intact, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. It has a thickened, everted rim that is decorated on the front face with a single transverse groove above which is a double transverse groove. The wall above narrows in thickness and curves inwards towards the now missing shoulder and top of the bell. The surfaces are worn, with traces of green copper-alloy corrosion or deposits on the interior face, the alloy having a very silvery appearance perhaps resultant from high lead or tin content. It measures 48.80mm in height, 61.62mm in width, 4.96mm in thickness (at rim, 2.46mm at wall), and 57.46g in weight. A similar bell is noted from London from contexts that date to the 16th or 17th centuries AD (Egan, 2005: no. 1175). It finds parallels in further examples from Suffolk (SF-1A07A6, SF-ACF3F6 and SF-B2EB03) and from Winchester where a 15th to 16th century AD date and liturgical context are suggested for this type of bell (Biddle, 1990: pp. 725-726, fig. 207). The current example is likely to be of similar 15th-17th century AD date, although a later date range cannot be ruled out entirely. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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