ESS-7EAA29: A Post Medieval copper alloy crotal bell, dating AD 1650-1800.

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BELL

Unique ID: ESS-7EAA29

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Post Medieval copper alloy crotal bell, dating AD 1650-1800. The object is spherical with a rectangular loop at the top. The pea is still present within the bell. There is a circumferential ridge, separating the two hemi-spheres. The upper hemisphere has two opposing sound holes. The lower hemi-sphere has a sound slit with a sound hole at either end. The object is otherwise undecorated. It has a dark-mid green patina.

Many crotal bells like this are recorded on the PAS database, cf. ESS-E27D38 and these decorated examples tend to date from the late 17th-18th century.

dimensions: diameter: 29.93 mm; height: 37.95 mm; weight: 23.16g.

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 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1800

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Height: 37.95 mm
Weight: 23.16 g
Diameter: 29.93 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Babergh (District)
Parish or ward: Great Waldingfield (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL9343
Four figure Latitude: 52.05177062
Four figure longitude: 0.81336705
1:25K map: TL9343
1:10K map: TL94SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Recording Institution: ESS
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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