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Description: | An incomplete, Medieval, copper-alloy harness pendant in the form of a bell. The object consists of a rectangular shaft, broken at the top across a suspension loop. The base of the shaft flares into a spherical bell, formed of one piece of copper-alloy sheet with four, vertical slits cut into it allowing the four sections to be folded inwards at the base of the bell. Only three of these folded ends now remain and they have the terminals missing due to old breaks and corrosion. There are traces of gilding on the outer surface of the bell. The interior of the bell was filled with fine soil when found but a single, pea-sized pebble was found within the soil. It is likely that this was the pea or clapper that was, originally, inside the bell to create the ringing sound.The bell weighs 2.54g without the pebble, with the pebble weighing a further 0.41g.
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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