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Description: | Copper alloy with white metal plating.Crotal Bell. Cast one piece spherical bell with a rectangular suspension lug bearing a drilled aperture, and filed on one side of the end of the lug. Two blow holes appear in the upper hemisphere, and a pair of sounding holes joined by a slot in the lower hemisphere. Moulded decoration comprises petals radiating from the lug on the upper hemisphere, and a dense fish scale pattern on the lower hemisphere, these zones being separated by a rounded projecting circumferential rib. Extensive traces of white metal plating appear on all external surfaces. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1600.Height: 38.0mm, Diameter: 30.5mm, Wall Thickness: 1.8mm, Weight: 21.52gms.
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