gentle vintage
vintage gold bell
vintage gold bell
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$43.00 USD
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a working brass bell with inner clapper featuring etched names, Lucas, Johannes, Marcus, and Mathews amongst sculpted floral decorations. hailing from the netherlands, this is likely a sanctuary bell or altar bell, naming the gospels of the new testament in medieval latin.
fun fact: some of the earliest archeaological evidence of bells actually comes from Yangshuo, China from third millenium BCE.
approximately Ø8 cm x H11cm