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Description: | Medieval to post-medieval composite spherical silver sheet bell, complete but partly squashed in the lower half. It is made from two hemispheres joined by solder, the join being covered by an encircling band of wire with overlapping ends and cable-style decoration of fine oblique grooves. The suspension loop, also secured with solder, shows signsof considerable wear. The pea is a pale grey pebble.Janina Parol has written, in a report on a bell found in Essex (ESS-98E164), "Whereas similar bells were sewn onto clothing as fashionable accessories in the late medieval period, especially in the 15th Century, bells of this kind were, in the 16th Century, used for jesses on hawks and falcons; collars for dogs and cats; as well as being an element in horse furniture".Weight 1.68g. Diameter c.11.5mm. Height c.16mm. 15th - 16th century.
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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