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Bell, hand
Hand bell, bell metal, with turned wooden handle attached to the bell by a metal spindle running through it and terminating in a metal finial at the top, to the base of the spindle is attached the chain and clapper; the exterior of the bell covered with a crimson japan which has mostly worn off, around the base of the bell traces remain of a formal border of overlapping ovals in silver to which the varnish has given a golden tinge, the handle also covered with a crimson japan which has mostly worn off.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 50164
Creation/Production
Unknown
Acquisition
Gift, 16/9/1937
Rhodd gan / Given by Capt. Leonard Twiston Davies, 1937
Measurements
Height
(cm): 11.8
diam
(cm): 6.9
Height
(in): 4
diam
(in): 2
Techniques
moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
japanned
decoration
Applied Art
silvered
decoration
Applied Art
Material
bell metal
wood
Location
In store
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