A earthenware bell of conical form. It is painted in cobalt blue wash and has a clear lead glaze. It has a earthenware disc shaped "clanger" and terracotta disc at the end of a brown leather cord.
bells (idiophones)
redware
earthenware
tin (metal)
Leather
Redware
Earthenware
Tin Glazed
Unidentified Ceramic
BELL
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
3.375 x 2.625 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.792
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