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ca. middle 19th century
GUSN-247047
Silver bell, with a spindly handle. The exterior of the bell is engraved with several scenes and motifs, including a house, a tree, a yard, a fence, and a group of birds. Alongside there decorations, there is the inscription "Wife / from / Husband / June 6, 1860". Both the aforementioned pictures and the dedication are enclosed within an engraved frame on the surface of the bell.
bells (idiophones)
silver (metal)
engraving (action)
Bell
"Wife / from / Husband / June 6. 1860" (Engraved)
Unknown
Gift of Katharine Richardson
2002.29.12
ca. middle 19th century (The bell is engraved with the date that it was given as a gift: June 6, 1860.)
Possibly United States
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