Accession No

1914.418 C


Description

Large iron cowbell. Made from a single piece of sheet iron bent into a slightly bulbous square shape with a seam down each side and fixed with rivets creating an open bottom. The clapper is a length of iron bent around an internal suspension bar and widened at the lower end. A horizontal strap suspension loop runs across the top and a finely oscillating band of applied metal decorates part of the surface. Large crack across one of the curved faces.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Chippenham; Chippenham Park


Period

Medieval Post Medieval


Source

Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]; Gathercole, George P. [vendor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1914.418 C; MAA: AR 1914.185 C


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Iron


Local Term


Measurements

160mm x 160mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Oval in shape with contracted mouths. Formed of riveted iron plates. Decorated with a raised band

Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Collected in 1913.
Event Date 1913
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1914.418 A-O: 'A set of fifteen bells of oval section with contracted mouths, formed of riveted iron plates shewing much wear. All are similarly decorated with a raised band, some shewing traces of brass plating, and are provided with elongate or knobbed tongues, and stout flat loops which are double in two examples.'
Event Date 1914
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Varying sizes. Some have splits in the fabric.
Event Date 8/2000
Author: Aedan Jones


Description (Physical description)
Large iron cowbell. Made from a single piece of sheet iron bent into a slightly bulbous square shape with a seam down each side and fixed with rivets creating an open bottom. The clapper is a length of iron bent around an internal suspension bar and widened at the lower end. A horizontal strap suspension loop runs across the top and a finely oscillating band of applied metal decorates part of the surface. Large crack across one of the curved faces.
Event Date 7/2/2024
Author: Aedan Jones


FM:309112

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