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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