Record ID: SF-879247
Object type: HAWK BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gilded silver medieval to post-medieval bell. Two hemispherical sections are soldered together. The upper one is decorated with a ring of slanted droplet-shaped indentations around its upper end and has an outward flaring lower rim. A circular suspension loop is soldered to the apex. There are two small circular sound holes joined by a narrow slot across the centre of the lower hemisphere. The object has been crushed and distorted and much of the surface gilding is missing. Date: 1400-1600 Dimensions: Length: 18.60mm, width: 18.03mm, thickness: 13.52mm, weight…
Created on: Tuesday 15th June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-950247
Object type: HAWK BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver bell. A spherical openwork hawking bell with a collared basal hemispherical boss and a drawn silver wire loop inserted into a hole at the top. The walls comprise a repeating pattern of addorsed coils. Dented. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1750. Diameter: 11.2mm, Height: 17.6mm, Weight: 1.35gms
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 20th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Keelby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-CE6811
Object type: HAWK BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2016 T791 Description: A silver medieval to post-medieval hawking bell (AD c.1400-c.1600). The bell appears to have been made with a piece of silver sheet, folded in the middle and bent to form two hemispheres. The loop is circular with a decorative collar attaching it to the rest of the bell. This collar has rope-like decoration. Dimensions: Length 8.8mm. Width 3.8mm. Thickness 3.4mm. It weighs 0.67g. Discussion: A similar silver bell was reported from Corley in Warwickshire (2017 T543). Small bells, such as this example, were attached by bewits to hawks …
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-721016
Object type: HAWK BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Post-Medieval hollow spherical silver bell in the form of a hawking bell. The bell was formed of two domed sections put together to form a hollow sphere and a thin line remains around the maximum diameter of the bell. The lower hemisphere has damage in the form of small dents and a small irregular perforation. The upper hemisphere has at it's centre a complete but bent and squashed attachment loop. The centre of this hemisphere has a concave dent, presumably having occurred when the loop was squashed flat and bent against the bell. The loop seems to have had a rectangular cross-sect…
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 10th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hertfordshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-EC5002
Object type: HAWK BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy with silver plating probable hawk bell. Cast spherical bell with two blow holes or sounding holes of diameter 2mm in its upper hemisphere, and with a drawn wire suspension loop brazed to it between the holes. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1700. Diameter: 11.5mm, Height: 16.2mm, Weight (with trapped soil): 1.82gms
Created on: Friday 5th October 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 8th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Muckton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-48D984
Object type: HAWK BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bell. Tiny spherical hollow bell with an oval suspension loop of drawn wire attached. This item was probably a bell used in falconry, being attached to the bird's leg or jesses. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800. Length: 16mm, Diameter (bell): 7.9mm, Weight: 1.34gms.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 19th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scawby', grid reference and parish protected.