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BELL
Unique ID: HAMP-636B66
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment from a cast copper-alloy post-medieval 'crotal' (animal bell); the fragment is from the lower hemisphere of the bell. The outer surface of the bell has incised decoration, to the side of the slot the lower half is decorated with a 'sunburst' pattern formed of four 'rays' of similar width. The rays are formed of double borders with a central short line. Within the 'sunburst' is a cartouche formed of a double border of semicircular lines which bears a T-shaped 'founder's hammer' motif. Such a mark suggests a late 16th- or early 17th-century date for this artefact (cf. Bailey 1995, 40-41). The breaks are ragged and include a loss to the sound slot edge which is otherwise straight. The bell has a dull dark-grey patina with patches of off-white copper corrosion.
Class: Crotal
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1575
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.75 mm
Width: 17.85 mm
Thickness: 10.6 mm
Weight: 4.59 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E2890
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Kings Worthy (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4933
Four figure Latitude: 51.094223
Four figure longitude: -1.301668
1:25K map: SU4933
1:10K map: SU43SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 1995 | Detector Finds | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 40-41 |
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