antique bell

Hello, I'm new to this site and there are some great people on here that know pretty much EVERYTHING there is to know about antique clocks, so I'm hoping someone will share that knowledge with my situation. I have this beautiful Elias Ingraham Mantle Clock that works just fine with one...

I found this bell at a colonial location. It is made out of a gray metal, and has an iron clanger. It took a lot of cleaning to make it look how it is in the photo. I hammered the clanger to remove the huge growths on it (It have pebbles, twigs, and pine needles engulfed in the corrosion). I...