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Service Bell

Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1850-1900

GUSN

GUSN-64151

Description

Traditional bell-shaped head, without decoration. Applied turned handle with rings at base, flaring out to swelled knop and terminating in a rounded finial. Silver clapper.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bells (idiophones)
brass (alloy)
plating (metal coating)
silver (metal)
Device, Sound Signaling
Bell
Bell, Service
Brass
Silver
Plated
Bell, Service

Associated Building

Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4 x 2.25 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.822

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