This Bell weighs 4 1/2 lbs. It is about 8" tall and just over 6 1/2" across at the bell bottom. Any info on it (maker, age, value) appreciated 
Help Identify This Bell Please :)
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What marks are on it? Is the $238 what you paid for it or was that there? Does it say anything other than 1810? Do you know what it's made out of? Where did you get it?
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Here is what I know....
I don't see any marks in it....The $238 was just there...I bought it at a garage sale for $25.00....It doesn't say anything else but 1810....Not sure what it is made of but I do see traces of a shiny brass like color here and there on it especially on and around where the clapper strikes....
I don't see any marks in it....The $238 was just there...I bought it at a garage sale for $25.00....It doesn't say anything else but 1810....Not sure what it is made of but I do see traces of a shiny brass like color here and there on it especially on and around where the clapper strikes....
austin
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Suspect that it is a commemorative of the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo's call for mexican independence from Spain.
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Different top but this is pretty much what it looks like to me. Or something very similar:
Antique Mexican Bronze Bell, dated 1810,nice looking!
Similar commemorative bells sell for $200-$300 at auction according to this:
Old Bell Marked Mejico, 1810 : Lot 1099
Antique Mexican Bronze Bell, dated 1810,nice looking!
Similar commemorative bells sell for $200-$300 at auction according to this:
Old Bell Marked Mejico, 1810 : Lot 1099
ABruce
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Maybe it's the original TACO BELL!
Capt Tom
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Definitely not a ship's bell
