Tear-drop shaped body with dovetail-shaped handles; one side has incised and molded circular design around a raised knop; other side of body has small air hole encircled by incised lines; red leather attached to wooden sections; red leather strap for hanging attached to one handle; molded brass nozzle.
bellows
brass (alloy)
leather
wood (plant material)
Leather
Brass
BELLOWS
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
England
21.75 x 9.125 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.677
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