Sterling Holloware: Bells

Victorian Classical sterling silver bell. Made by Harry Brasted in London in 1896. Spread and girdled bowl with curvilinear corners and baluster handle with vasiform finial. Chased leaf and scroll ornament. Melodious ting-a-ling for summoning the help. Fully marked. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 4 3/4 x W 2 3/8 x D 2 1/4 in. Weight: 5.8 troy ounces. #BX548

Italian silver gilt grand-tour bell, ca 1920. Figural handle in form of piping faun with puffed out cheeks and hoofed and hirsute hindquarters. Based on Greek statuette excavated in Pompeii and today in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. Marked. Very good condition with nice toning.

Dimensions: H 4 3/4 x W 2 3/8 x D 1 3/4 in. Weight: 3.6 troy ounces. #BX081

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