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Description: | An incomplete post-medieval cast copper-alloy spherical bell. There is a raised circumferential ridge around the centre where the two hemispheres meet. Attached to the centre of the upper hemisphere is an irregular sub-rectangular suspension loop, with an elongated hole through it. The curve of the bell continues under the loop aperture suggesting it was made using a detachable 'sprue-piece'. This method was introduced in the 17th century. The upper hemisphere has a sound hole at each side. The lower hemisphere has a long thin slot or sound aperture in its centre, with a small circular hole at either end. A small piece of the bell has broken away to one side of the centre of this. The lower hemisphere is decorated with a pattern imitating fish scales but the upper is plain. The metal is greenish-brown in colour with a shiny patina. The bell weighs 28.8g, the total height is 38.4 mm, and the diameter is 32.3 mm.
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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