Help Identify This Bell Please :)

[Thom]

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

 

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[Customx_12]

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?

 

[Thom]

Here is what I know....

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?

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]

Suspect that it is a commemorative of the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo's call for mexican independence from Spain.

 

[Customx_12]

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

 

[ABruce]

Maybe it's the original TACO BELL!

 

[Capt Tom]

Definitely not a ship's bell