Bidspirit auction | A Marine Cast Brass Ship's
A Marine Cast Brass Ship's Bell for the S.S. Clarence - A ship's bell of traditional flared form, manufactured from cast brass. The waist of the bell is inscribed with S.S. CLARENCE in black-filled capital letters. Below the text is a maritime emblem featuring a fouled anchor with a circular device at the intersection of the shank and stock. The bell features turned-line decoration around the upper waist and is fitted with a cast brass suspension yoke. It is accompanied by a hand-braided maritime lanyard, worked in multi-coloured yellow, white, and brown rope with decorative knotwork, terminating in a frayed tassel.