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Description: | A worn cast copper alloy Post Medieval animal rumbler or 'crotal' bell, dating to between 1600-1850 AD. The bell is spherical in shape and is comprised of two slightly mis-matched hemispherical domes with a raised join around its circumference. The upper hemisphere has two circular sound holes and has a large sub-rectangular suspension loop projecting from the top with an irregularly drilled half-oval suspension loop hole. The lower hemisphere has a long sound slit and an illegible makers' mark is visible on both sides of the slit. The remains of a probably copper-alloy pea are intact within the bell. It is possible that the maker's mark is a 'W' on one side and another illegible letter on the other; it is also possible that the wedge-shaped segments that are possibly the initial W are rather a symbol.These bells were used on animal harnesses, either singularly or in groups on horse or oxen harnesses. For a similar example from Sussex see: SUSS-991CE5.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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