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Description: | Copper alloy Medieval bell pendant, probably forming part of horse harness decoration. The sheet metal bell has an integrally cast long shank with suspension loop. The loop is now broken and incomplete. The bell is globular in shape and formed by the folding inwards of four triangular leaves of sheet metal. This leaves a narrow saltire cross shaped aperture at the base. The leaves have also been notched at the top so that they form oval apertures at each terminal of the saltire cross to serve as sound holes. The shank of the suspension loop is oval in cross section and tapers in one plane to form a narrowed wedge shape where it becomes the loop. There are traces of heavy gilding on parts of the surface of the bell. Reference: Read, B, 2001, "Metal Artefacts of Antiquity", pages 50 & 54, Figure 37, nos. 465 & 466 Date: Medieval - c. 1300 - 1500
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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