crotal bell early to mid 1800s?

fmerg · Aug 24, 2009

crotal bell early to mid 1800's?

today was a great day for me and fisher2
we did 16 rolls of halfs and got 30 40% and 4 90%
i also got this crotal bell for 25 cents i think its from the early to mid 1800's
oh it has a number 3 cast in to it

Tank69 · Aug 24, 2009

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wtg

terpfan · Aug 24, 2009

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Beautiful patina on that crotal bell. Congrats.

johnnyi · Aug 24, 2009

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You found a sleigh bell and a beautiful one at that. While a crotel bells would have been worn on an animal (usually in europe, and for all intent and purpose are similar) these are sleigh bells over here, and were strung on leather so people would hear the sleigh coming. (santa makes me correct the term or I get coal

They are always wonderful and favorite finds!

fmerg · Aug 24, 2009

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johnnyi said:
You found a sleigh bell and a beautiful one at that. While a crotel bells would have been worn on an animal (usually in europe, and for all intent and purpose are similar) these are sleigh bells over here, and were strung on leather so people would hear the sleigh coming. (santa makes me correct the term or I get coal They are always wonderful and favorite finds!

for the most part you are right and wrong at the same time
a sleigh bell would have had two slots in the top (an x pattern ) while a cortel bell has only one
both were used has bells on animals and the reigns the bell i have is a cortel bell due to the shape (sleight bells were more round) and was used on leather strap (the figure 8 wire was used to hold it to the strap)
at lest this is what i have seen from looking up the bells on google

spartacus53 · Aug 24, 2009

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Crotal bell, or Sleigh bell; still a great acquisition for $0.25 :icon_thumleft:

allen · Aug 25, 2009

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nice !! :thumbsup:

ticm · Aug 25, 2009

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Here is a good sit to date your bell

http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/pages/crotal-bells.html#Anchor-Th-55036

Maritime · Aug 25, 2009

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Yeah, that UK site is a good authority on the bells. I always associate them with 18th Century sites here in the Mid-Atlantic, so your bell may be older than you think!

johnnyi · Aug 25, 2009

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and here's a good site for identifying American sleigh bells.

http://www.classicbells.com/info/BellComparison.htm

crazyjarhead · Sep 26, 2009

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Beautiful, intact crotal bell. I found one similar with chain link still attached

CRUSADER · Sep 26, 2009

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Nice Crotal Bell, the no. is a size reference & I forget what they went up to but its near a massive 14 (ish).

PBK · Sep 27, 2009

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To suggest that the term "crotal bell" is never used of American bells, by Americans knowledgeable about such bells, may be a bit of an overstatement, as evidenced by the following page from Classic Bells, recommended above as a source of information:

http://www.classicbells.com/info/Crotal.htm

"A typical crotal made by North American and British manufacturers has one or more throats (slits) cast or cut into the outer half of the bell."