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Description: | A Post Medieval cast copper alloy crotal bell. The bell is spherical, has been cast in one piece and has a two holes at the top. There is an integral rectangular suspension loop, with a sub- circular hole at the centre. There is cast curvilinear 'sun-burst' decoration on the lower hemisphere. The bell is 40mm high and 29mm wide at the centre. Approximately half of the lower hemisphere is broken and is missing. The sun-burst pattern, also often described as stylised petals, was in use on crotal bells during the 16th to 17th centuries, so this bell dates from c AD 1500 to AD 1600.
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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