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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy crotal bell of Post-Medieval date. It has an integrally cast rectangular suspension loop at the top, with a central circular aperture. The upper hemisphere of the bell has opposing circular sound holes and the remains of incised leaf-shaped motifs numbering eight in total radiating from the suspension loop. At the centre of the bell is a circumferential casting ridge. The lower hemisphere has two opposing sound holes connected by a long rectangular sound slot. It has decoration comprising petal shaped motifs radiating from the sound slot to the circumferential ridge. On one side of the sound slot at the centre of the bell is a founder's mark in the form of a horseshoe.The bell retains its heavily corroded (and incomplete?) iron pea. It measures 32.16mm in height, 25.52mm in diameter, and weighs 29.14g.This is a cast copper-alloy crotal bell, probably dating to the Post-Medieval period, c.17th-18th centuries AD (See ESS- 96C261, SF-06F9B8, IOW-C7FA02, BERK-03BB21, etc.; c.f. Bailey, 1995: pp. 39-40 nos. 4-5). | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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