Turned black walnut handle with decorative bands, solid and not bent, cracked or chipped. Great original patina on both the brass and oak handle - not polished. Big cast iron clapper 1 1/4 diameter. From the estate of an antique dealer who had a collection of New England School Bells - most from New Hampshire.
BIG and ORIGINAL - not polished or refinished. Beautiful LOUD BOLD tone and great patina on bell, as well as years of use patina on wooden handle. Shows many years of use in a school. Very faint marks as of very old ink on the bell. Brass tipped handle with brass ferrule.. Marked "9" on top of handle. Faint circular marks from the finishing process. The item "Antique Brass Bell Huge Hand School Wood Handle Iron Clapper 1800s New Hampshire" is in sale since Friday, October 16, 2020. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Decorative Collectibles\Bells\Metal". The seller is "merrivaleflyer" and is located in Marblehead, Massachusetts. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay.