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Description: | A mostly complete, slightly damaged, Post Medieval, cast, copper alloy/pewter (bell metal) good size crotal bell. 'Fish scale' design on the lower half and 'sunburst' design on the upper section with a rounded, rectangular suspension loop still containing a copper alloy, circular cross-section, shaft or loop. The founder's mark is of a keyhole horse shoe. The iron pea has rusted and expanded to fill the central void and appears to have cracked the bell in one area with some rust on the outside surface, otherwise an attractive silvery/grey patina. The bell is likely to date to 1500-1650. Ref. Detector Finds, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1992, page 35-45 and page 40 No. 7 and History Beneath Our Feet, Brian Read, Anglia Publishing Ipswich 1995, page 126. The bell is 38.77mm long, 30.27mm wide, 30.07mm thick, diameter 30.27mm and weighs 46.6g
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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