Name/Title
BellEntry/Object ID
1993.984Description
Bell from the sloop Germantown, commissioned by Livonia Fanning Watson in 1846. The sloop saw action in the Mexican and Civil Wars. Bell is bronze, with iron yoke. A piece of the yoke appears to be missing- not in the recent past, however.Dimensions
Height
20 inWidth
46 inDimension Notes
Details: Total span of yoke/ maximum width of bell plus yoke is 46". Bell stands approximately 20" high, base diameter 22.2".Provenance
Notes
The bell was obtained by a member of the old Site and Relic Society in 1906, when he learned that the bell was sitting in a scrapyard, in Portsmouth, VA. He made arrangements with the United States Navy to transfer it to the Society.