Context (Found together / assemblage)
This bell is joined by a length of string (with affixed label) to 1903.494, and is the smaller bell of the pair.
Event Date
Author: David Kay

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label affixed to string tied between 1903.493 and 1903.494 reads: '1903.493, 494. Bells. Cas.'
Event Date
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Accession register for 1903.493-495 reads: 'Four [sic?] globular bells with incised decoration'.
Event Date 1903
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Small spherical crotal bell with intact suspension loop. Two holes in upper half, and an elongated sound slot connecting two further holes in the lower half. Both halves are covered with worn sunburst-style decoration. The inner contains a spherical cast iron 'pea'.
Event Date 6/11/2018
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
A small, spherical crotal bell of cast copper alloy. The bell has: a sub-rectangular loop with a circular hole; a circular sound hole on either side of the top half; a raised band around the centre; a wide slot across the bottom with a circular hole at each end; a shperical iron pea inside. Both halves of the sphere have embossed decoration, consisting of radiating drop-shapes or petals, each with a line down the centre.
Event Date 4/1/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad