✅ SOLVED What kind of bell is this?

[BigWaveDave]

I found this a few months ago, actually forgot about it until my bride asked me about the "cute little jingle bell". I found it not too deep in a lawn from the 1920's. There is what appears to be some sort of folk art inscription on it, no other identifying marks. And yes, there is a jingle in it, but I don't think it is a jingle bell, per se.

Thanks for looking, hope you can help!BWD

 

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[GatorBoy]

It looks like it would be the striker from inside a large bell to me

 

[BigWaveDave]

It looks like it would be the striker from inside a large bell to me

Could be, but there is a metal ball inside of it, maybe I should post better pics. It is definitely a bell. but never seen one like this before.

 

[MuckyBottles]

Maybe a goat bell?

 

[BigWaveDave]

Maybe a goat bell?

hmmm......... do goats wear bells?

 

[MuckyBottles]

hmmm......... do goats wear bells?

Shiz...If I had a goat, I would want to know where that bastage is at all times...lol

 

[Tigger]

Goats appear to use a smaller version of the classic cow bell, according to google. Does your bell have a slot for the jingle sound to come out of? Is it possible to do a rubbing or imprint the design in silly putty, or something for us to get a close up, clear image of the design? It seems like a really cool bell, hope someone recognizes it!

 

[johnnyi]

You can spot that shape of bell coming out of India. They advertize them as "camel bells".

 

[GatorBoy]

Ahhh.. I should have thought of that as often as I lose track of my camel

 

[MuckyBottles]

Lol..I knew it was from an animal

 

[DigIron2]

neat find Dave!

 

[BigWaveDave]

Outstanding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I googled camel bells, and see a lot just like mine! So happy to have an ID on this,... thanks!

 

[GatorBoy]

The next big mystery is why on earth was there a camel bell where you found it :-)

 

[BigWaveDave]

The next big mystery is why on earth was there a camel bell where you found it :-)

Right? I remember that I found it in a yard where the original site of the Fort was, camels in Florida? Maybe there was a circus that came through town....

 

[GatorBoy]

The Fort?

 

[BigWaveDave]

Ah yes grasshopper, the Fort. 1850's, then abandoned, recommissioned for use during the civil war, then abandoned again, then finally built up and around early 1880's

 

[GatorBoy]

Drool