Bevin "Century" nickle plated bell

[pkleppert]

Sunday at the Royal Oak, Michigan Farmer's Market where we host the Classoc Bike Swap Meet every September, I saw a strange looking bell on a table. After I realized what it was I got it.

From a distance it looked like a baby's rattle.

It was attached to a wooden file handle like an old wooden handle grip. It's a nickle plated 1887 patented Bevin "Century" bell

This bell is so perfect when you ring it the bell keeps resonating for about 5 seconds. Cleaned it up a bit but it was quite nice to begin with.

Paul Kleppert

 

[stezell]

Nice find Paul!
Sean

 

[cyclingday]

Very nice!
Be sure, to post it in the thread;
“For Whom the Bell Tolls”
It is the resident repository for all things, Bicycle Bell.

 

[gkeep]

Very cool bell. Interesting that it's mounted to a handle. I wonder if a school teacher used it instead of a whistle on the playground? Maybe a crossing guard? Streetcar conductor?

 

[andybee75]

Got 2 of those. Both replated. One of them had traces of green color in the background. It appears in a danish bicycle catalog from 1912, guess they made the a long time.