Accession No
TEMP.00698
Description
Crotal bell with intact suspension loop. Two holes in the upper half of the body, and two more connected by an elongated sound slot in the lower half. The outer surface appears undecorated, though it is quite highly corroded, apart from a maker's mark in the shape of a hammer or 'T' on the lower half. The inner contains a small sub-angular 'pea' of unknown material.
Place
Europe; ?British Isles
Period
Post Medieval
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
TEMP.00698
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
39mm x 50mm x 38mm Weight 0.062kg
Events
Context (Found together / assemblage)
This bell was found in a bag of similar bells (TEMP.00685-TEMP.00703) with a handwritten note reading 'NO PROV'.
Event Date
Author: David Kay
Description (Physical description)
Crotal bell with intact suspension loop. Two holes in the upper half of the body, and two more connected by an elongated sound slot in the lower half. The outer surface appears undecorated, though it is quite highly corroded, apart from a maker's mark in the shape of a hammer or 'T' on the lower half. The inner contains a small sub-angular 'pea' of unknown material.
Event Date 12/11/2018
Author: David Kay
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Nineteen apparently unaccessioned crotal bells (TEMP.00685-TEMP.00703) were found together in the museum store. Some or all of them may have been accessioned and become disassociated with their museum number, or they may never have been formally accessioned into the museum's collection.
Event Date 12/11/2018
Author: David Kay
Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Esther Laver
FM:281988
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