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A bell! But what kind?

 
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I bought a bell, a good loud call you for dinner, wake the neighbors up in case of fire, neat looking bell!
Heavy brass (I assume.)  It currently has a fishing weight as a clapper, and a lamp part as a actuator.  
Looks like it was cut off of something, and that it used to hook to something on top.

What was this made for?



 
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Looks a bit like the bells the school teachers supervising the elementary school playground used to ring when recess was over.
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cool!
at grandma's farm there was the old school bell that got used for fire several times over decades.

I wonder if yours was originally a lamp shade rather than a bell?
...back when nice brass ones were around?

The sound is everything though....you'll have to test it on your neighbors😊
 
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It's definitely a bell. About 6 inches across and heavy, as well as a lovely tone. Not a hand bell. I'm thinking it was mounted someplace like a boat. Hoping someone will recognize it, even though it's been cut off and modified.
 
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My guess would be farm, school, or fishing/ smallish ship's bell - as you said, a call 'em to dinner (or in from recess, or gitcherbuttmovin', before we sink!) bell.
 
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I am still thinking school. The bell would have been mounted outside the door to call the students in.
 
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