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BELL
Unique ID: CORN-6138A6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Nickel or chrome-plated cast copper alloy fragment of a reception bell with a slightly everted border around the base which is 6 mm in height and 2 mm thick. The surface is encrusted with corrosion product, but there are still large areas of white base metal which has been applied using electoplating as it is very thin. The central area of the crown or top of the bell is missing which would have had the button to depress in order to ring the bell. The base of the bell is also missing, but the diameter of 67 mm and profile suggest that this is a fragment of something similar to examples seen on-line which date from the late 19th to the 20th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1875
Date to: Circa AD 1950
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 25 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 20.49 g
Diameter: 67 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 21st October 2015 - Wednesday 21st October 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: White metal
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Gwinear-Gwithian (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW5939
Four figure Latitude: 50.20183985
Four figure longitude: -5.37853138
1:25K map: SW5939
1:10K map: SW59NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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