Doorbell

Object ID:
1954.6654.1
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Description

Brass bell secured to the top of a coiled steel spring. This spring is fastened to a birch support hinged to a birch bracket support and held at an angle by a flat steel spring. A piece of heavy twine is knotted to an iron staple eye which is fastened to the other end of the tapered bell support. The twine passes through a hole in the rear of the bracket support and through a pine bracket and terminates in a between-centers turned birch ovoid shaped pull. The pine bracket is mitered to a similarly mitered vertical support for fastening bell assembly to a wall or door jamb and held with two brass right-angle brackets.

New York Mount Lebanon

New York Mount Lebanon

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Shaker Museum Doorbell. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=4339. Accessed on October 2, 2024

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