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Posted 9 years ago
LuluX
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I have recently retrieved this lovely old brass bell from a box in my garage (amazing what you come across). It does need a polish up but would be lovely as someone's door knocker. It is quite heavy and about 47cm in length. There is a dog scenario going on and the words "VOCEM-MEAM-A-OVIME-TANGIT" which apparently translates "Whoever Touches Me Hears My Voice". Uncertain of its history, I bought it about 10 or more years ago. Hope you like it.
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RING MY BELL !!!
Love it !!!
Or ..., "What a Clanger!" LOL, thanks vetraio50, aghcollect and fortapache, glad you like it.
Wow....We had on of those too. I think we picked it up either in Williamsburg or Sturbridge Village in the 70's while on vacation. I don't know what happened to it though. Probably was lost many moves ago .
Very nice ~ love it
Thanks for appreciation Manikin, and loves from Roycroftbooksfromme1, Manikin, walksoftly, blunderbuss2, Militarist and mikelv85. :)
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LuxuX
Lovely brass bell, i love it.
Of coarse if this is polished, part of is value will be gone forever.
Better to keep the way it is.....;-)I know this will look shinny an sparkle, but the value of this Bell was the workmanship of it but also the age of the tarnishing.
Any Maker mark or Patent date on it??
Alan
Hi Alan, thanks for the advice I will leave it at is now. I don't recall seeing any markings or dates but will look a little closer. I will let you know. Lynette
Thanks for the luv SEAN68 :)
more advice
for free lol
if it has a makers mark that identifies the date then the standard is, do what you like to it
if youre going to try and date it and need the patternation then dont clean it
ive seen the most amazing pieces in the grandest of premises and their staff would be sacked if the dated brass wasnt polished
also, where the item brass that is, is an ornament like a glamourous art deco lady, the rub should be kept imho. But again, where you are trouping the colour then maybe polish...lol...
did you mean it has a dog theme?
The ringing of the bell or bells can mean so many different things.
Your bell also has a really interest look like an angel over a dead person maybe? that your rnging the bells at the pearly gates?
who knows but there are some things to be considering when look at your beautiful item
consideration always need to be what are you planning on doing with it...it youre going to sell it, speak to a really good seller who can advise you as to the best way to go
if youre looking to preserve it and the look then sp;eak to a brass collector for sure
like I say, speak to several ppl before deciding what to do...I had exposure to this stuff some years back and they did different things depending on the above :)
cheers Anne
I really don't want to do the BOSS HERE, it's really up to you, some individuals like it very much polish, but for me is different that's all.
Still love it, a lot , polish or not.
For the maker mark for sure you right to look little closer, I see sometimes very tinny mark ;-)
Alan
AnneLanders thank you for you time and sharing your experience. I hadn't really thought that much about it until Alan2310's comments. Yes it does have a dog theme and the angel is very appealing. The gong part of the bell is a little rusted however still has a powerful ring sound.
Alan2310 I'm still looking for "tinny" mark! Cheers Lynette.
Thanks for luvs Peterdrury, SEAN68, aghcollect, and fortapache. Cheers Lynette.
@mikelv85 I agree this might be around this time period. They were making brass repros of a lot of things but not quite as detailed as the original works. I have a creepy brass cup from the same time period which at first glance appears very old with eyes formed like this. Still a very nice piece though either way.
Belated thank you for luvs racer4four, lundy and ho2cultcha.
Beautiful and Bizarre at the same time--doesn't get better than that as far as I am concerned!!!!!
Ohh that's a lovely comment on the old bell ! Thanks PostCardCollector :)
Thanks for the luv pw-collector :)
Cool bell, does it have deep tone or dull ring?
Hi kerry10456, thanks for nice comment and luv. It has quite a loud resonating ring and I wouldn't want to stand near it for too long if being rung ! LOL
you're welcome... always enjoy a "Sharp" tone....a lot of the brass bells don't have the quality. Thanks again for sharing this beauty
That's good to know about the tone kerry10456 :)
Thanks for the luv smiata :)
I have one of these but without the clanger inside or the pull chain