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Description: | A post-medieval copper-alloy spherical 'crotal' bell (1650-1850 in date), complete with its iron pea. It has a crack (leading upwards from a sound hole) in the lower hemisphere.The upper hemisphere is rather worn and is decorated with twelve grooved gadroons, also known as 'sunburst' design, with the additional decoration of a central vertical groove in each. There are two sound holes, one in front and one behind the rectangular suspension loop, which has tooling marks to either side and a 3.5mm diameter central piercing.The lower hemisphere is less worn and decorated with ten gadroons, further decorated as above. Two sound holes below the central casting seam are joined together by a slot and are perpendicular to those on the upper hemisphere. To one side of the sound slot is an oval area with the moulded initials H W or perhaps M H.The crotal bell weighs 37.89g, measures 31.6mm in diameter and stands 39.5mm in height. The metal has a silvery-grey sheen.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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