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Description: | Sheet copper alloy rumbler or closed bell, spherical in shape, with a circular wire loop that is 7 mm in diameter and 1.7 mm in section, and two opposing sound holes, that are 3 mm in diameter. The sound holes are connected to each other by a thin slot, so that the whole aperture is a 'dumbbell' shape in plan. The bell is made in three parts, the wire loop is soldered on to its base which in turn is soldered on to and caps the spherical body of the bell. The sounding pea is still inside the bell. The bell does not appear to have been decorated but most of the original surface has corroded away.Margeson (1993) illustrates a sheet copper alloy bell in two hemispheres with a similar strap loop on page 214, Fig.162, No.1762B, which is dated from the Post-medieval period.
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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