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Carved ivory stem with a rounded finial decorated with repeating leaves and blossoms attached to a brass drapery bar. The stem tapers at the opposite end to a round terminal through which passes a carved ivory ring.
bells (idiophones)
brass (alloy)
carving (processes)
ivory (tooth component)
Bellpull
Bellpull
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
2.688 (W) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1358
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