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.
bells (idiophones)
brass (alloy)
plating (metal coating)
silver (metal)
Device, Sound Signaling
Bell
Bell, Service
Brass
Silver
Plated
Bell, Service
Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),
Unknown
4 x 2.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret Carson Holt
1970.822
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