Sterling Holloware: Bells

American Modern sterling silver and agate hand bell. Plain bowl and tapering polished red agate handle. Perfect for a sonorous summons to the dinner table. Marked “Sterling”. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 7 1/2 x D 3 1/2 in. Gross weight: 6.4 troy ounces. #BU432

Turn-of-the-century European silver bell. Tulip-bowl with twisted gadrooning. Figural handle depicting an old-fashioned countryman holding two live fowl. Here’s dinner—eventually. Substantial and tactile with melodious ting-a-ling. Marked. Very good condition with deep patina.

Dimensions: H 4 1/2 x D 1 7/8 in. Weight: 5 troy ounces. #BN700

German sterling silver bell. Imported to Chester by GB in 1907. Hemispheric bowl with lobing and leaf band. Figural finial in person of working man in culottes and apron with hand on hip. Maker’s and importer’s marks. Good condition. The raised arm terminates in a stump - the poor fellow is missing a hand

Dimensions: H 4 3/8 x D 2 3/4 in. Weight: 4.5 troy ounces. BO930