hand bell
Datelate 19th-mid 20th Century
Inventory Number1998-1-0284
ClassificationBell
Subject
Maker
American
?
User
Department of Physics, Harvard University
founded 1884
Cultural Region
Place of Use
Dimensions31.2 × 10.1 × 8 cm (12 5/16 × 4 × 3 1/8 in.)
Material
DescriptionA brass handbell, with an oval-shaped bell and a turned wood handle. Bell has no visible clapper.
Stamped on bell in black ink, "22-82," which is related to Harvard inventory numbers.
Stamped on bell in black ink, "22-82," which is related to Harvard inventory numbers.
Signedunsigned
Inscribedstamped in ink on both sides of bell: 22 - 62
Curatorial RemarksMissing its clapper.
FunctionAcoustic apparatus; hand bell
ProvenanceNumbers stamped are found on acoustic instruments coming from the Physics Department.
Thomas Alva Edison
Date: circa 1878
Accessories: telephone receiver (8040a)
Object number: 8040b
Leach Relay Company
Date: 1890-1930
Object number: RS0531
