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BELL
Unique ID: PUBLIC-4D9CD2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A fragment of a cast copper alloy spherical bell dating to the 17th or 18th century. Length 21.6mm, width 20.4mm, weight 5.2g, thickness 1.3mm. This is a small piece of the lower half of a bell, which is decorated with a fish-scale design and incorporates a maker's mark.The maker's mark is hard to identify; either a set of deer antlers or a fern-like plant, flanked by the capital letters H and W, all set within a reserved semi-circle. Compare SUSS-85876D, which has an identical mark.
Class:
cast spherical
Inscription:
H W
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to Landowner
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.6 mm
Width: 20.4 mm
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 5.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 8th September 2007
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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No references cited so far.
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