Hotel Desk Bell

Object/Artifact

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Chelsea Historical Society

Name/Title

Hotel Desk Bell

Entry/Object ID

2023.1.678

Description

Bell 33. Old Hotel Desk Bell. Metal with marble base. The silver metal sphere is supported by cast iron mounts and topped with a finial. Turn the side knobs to "ring the bell". There is a nice design impressed on the cast iron oval. The bell sits on a 1” high marble base

Use

Used at a hotel in northern Vermont to call guests to dinner. Gift of Anna Bigelow.

Context

Part of the Lewis Bell Collection