Record ID: NLM-78C552
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy spherical bell. Cast one-piece bell with two sound holes in its upper hemisphere and a pair of sound holes linked by a slot on the lower. A rectangular suspension loop projects from the top, with a round-topped aperture within it. The hemispheres of the bell are divided by a thickened ridge. Below this are faint traces of moulded petal decoration of the lower hemisphere, limited by paired lines towards its base. On one half of the base faint radial lines appear, and on the other the maker's initials W.G. An iron clapper remains within. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-…
Created on: Monday 3rd November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
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