Calling all BELL experts...

[Cobalt*Blue]

I found this Bell Sunday and was hoping to find out a little about it. It is three inches tall and has a diameter of 3.25 inches. There are no makers marks. It weighs approximately 8.5 ounces. I do not know what metal it is made from. No cleaning needed other than to rinse it under the faucet and towel dry. The color of the metal, especially inside the bell, it more silver than brass or bronze. There was an iron chain and/or clapper that has totally rusted away leaving only a rust stain. There is also a staining of green like that left behind when copper oxidizes. It's outside surface is satiny smooth like the Tombac button I recently found at this site. The site it came from is a farm that was active from late 1700's until the early 1900's. Could you tell me: 1. Metal it is made of? 2. Approximate age? 3. What it may have been used for ? (Cow, Sleigh, etc...) 4. How it was mounted? 5. How you would refit it with a clapper? Thank you in advance for any information. hh blue

 

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[goldguru]

Bronze would be my guess.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Butlers bell?

 

[72cheyenne]

I was thinking shopkeepers bell.

 

[Rusted_Iron]

Something about it says mid-1800's to somewhere around 1900, at least to me.

HH
Rusted

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I was thinking shopkeepers bell.

yea that too.

 

[lairmo]

Found one sort of like that a while back. Mine has the numeral 2 on the top. Here's the post from last week with pics: http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,281281.0.html

 

[desertfox]

Looks like it might be brass and made in India or South Korea. I say this because of the color and the lathe marks on the inside of it. Nice find either way.
HH

Desertfox

 

[Mike in Berks]

nice find Blue you might want to google classic bells.com
click - Learn More then click - Sleigh Bell Designs
then click - Open Mouth Bells i think you have a hame bell ?

 

[Cobalt*Blue]

Thank you all for your help answering my questions. I may give this old bell a new life. hh blue