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Ali Test Auction(#167) 08/05/2024 10:00 AM BST CLOSED!

Lot 328 of 381: A complete cast copper-alloy ‘crotal’ type animal bell dating c. 1755-1798. This example is extremely large, being spherical in plan and demonstrating an integrally cast suspension loop at its apex. Through the latter, a fragment of iron chain is still present. The upper hemisphere of the bell has four circular sound-holes, between two of which is stamped the number ‘24’ (a reference to the bell’s size). The lower half is decorated with a repeating design of rounded petals which flank a rectangu

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Lot closed - unsold
Estimate: £300 - £400

Ali Test Auction(#167)  08/05/2024 10:00 AM BST  CLOSED!