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Description: | A cast, copper alloy post-medieval crotal bell. The sub-regular suspension loop has been broken, the top bar is missing with the two side bars remaining. The upper and lower hemispheres of the bell body has been divided by a joining rib that spans the circumference of the bell. On eiter side fo the suspension loop, on the top hemisphere there is a sound hole, one sound hole is bigger than the other. The two soundholes on the lower hemesphere are seperated by a sound 'slit'. Inside the bell, the iron 'sound pea' remains intact. Overall the bell body remains in good condition, with a slight crack on one side of the sound slit. Both edges of the sound slit have been bent inwards slightly. The bell 'sound pea' is in-situ and functional.
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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