Accession No

1922.818.2


Description

Copper alloy crotal bell. It is made up of two hemispheres divided by a horizontal seam. The top half has a square loop and two sound holes. The bottom has a horizontal slot with two more holes, the surface is decorated with moulding and inscribed with the letters 'W.G' and a founder's hammer symbol. The pea is still present.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England


Period

Post Medieval


Source

Ambrose, Cole [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1922.818.2


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; ?Bronze; Copper Alloy


Local Term


Measurements

32mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Collected by: Cole Ambrose Collection
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Six bells. Bronze. Five of usual type. Three of which are marked W.G. One marked W.R. and one unmarked. The other bell of shape of church ones (See card for sketch shape of this bell) and 1 bell shaped

Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Appear to have been attached to one another with a ?leather strap, now disintegrating.
Event Date 8/2000
Author: Aedan Jones


Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy crotal bell. It is made up of two hemispheres divided by a horizontal seam. The top half has a square loop and two sound holes. The bottom has a horizontal slot with two more holes, the surface is decorated with moulding and inscribed with the letters 'W.G' and a founder's hammer symbol. The pea is still present.
Event Date 6/2/2024
Author: Aedan Jones


FM:309046

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