Bronze Bell

Description

Culture: [Medieval](http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p0gjgrsxwzx). Material: Bronze. Accession no: HCA 623. Current Location: [The Hunt Museum](https://www.huntmuseum.com/), [Limerick](https://www.geonames.org/7778675/limerick-city.html). A bronze bell which is circular and decorated in three zones with a pattern of [acanthus leaves](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300164902) similar to that in [stained glass](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300263722) and MSS of the period. The handle is a later addition and the clapper is missing. [More](https://www.huntmuseum.com/explore/item/8d2d33a7-6353-398b-a05c-26098d6c1b78/?s%3Dbell&pos=12).