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Service Bell

Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1900

GUSN

GUSN-64150

Description

Traditional bell-shaped head without decoration. Cast in a single body with handle; the handle features two rounded knops at base, cylindrical stem and terminates in flat “cookie” top or finial. Brass clapper on a chain.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bells (idiophones)
brass (alloy)
Device, Sound Signaling
Bell
Bell, Service
Brass
Bell, Service

Associated Building

Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4.125 x 2.75 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.821

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