Accession No

TEMP.00713


Description

A cow bell made from a bent and riveted wrought iron sheet, widening from top to bottom. The suspension loop is a solid tube, semicircular in form. An iron clapper is suspended inside by a loop screwed through the top of the bell.


Place

Europe; ?British Isles


Period

?Post Medieval ?Modern


Source


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

TEMP.00713


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Iron


Local Term


Measurements

56mm x 100mm x 72mm Weight 0.21kg


Events

Context (Found together / assemblage)
This cow bell was found in a bag of similar bells (TEMP.00712-TEMP.00717) with a handwritten note reading 'NO PROV'.
Event Date
Author: David Kay


Description (Physical description)
A cow bell made from a bent and riveted wrought iron sheet. The suspension loop is a solid tube, semicircular in form. An iron clapper is suspended inside by a loop screwed through the top of the bell.
Event Date 12/11/2018
Author: David Kay


Context (Found together / assemblage)
Six apparently unaccessioned cow bells (TEMP.00712-TEMP.00717) 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:281995

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