Context (Display)
Previously mounted on a plain paper-wrapped display board, along with 1883.827.1, with a handwritten label reading 'Burwell'.
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Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Labels & Markings)
Old handwritten label tied to object reads: 'A.83.CAM.828. Spherical bell. The Fen (?Burwell) 1846. C.A.S. 1883.'
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Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for 1883.828: 'Plain; not very large, decorated with hammer like mark.'
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Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Found in the fen in 1846.
Event Date 1846
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Cambridge Antiquarian Society accession register entry for 1883.828 reads: 'Bell, bronze, spherical, smaller, decorated with hammer-like mark.'
Event Date 1883
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
A spherical crotal bell of cast copper alloy. The bell has: a rectangular loop with an oval hole; a circular sound hole on either side of the top half; a pronounced ridge around the centre; a slot across the bottom with a circular hole at each end; a globular iron pea inside. Both halves of the sphere have incised decoration, consisting of double-outlined drop-shapes or petals. On one side of the slot is an embossed hammer symbol, consisting of a hammer within a shield.
Event Date 3/1/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad