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Ancient Accessory #284 - Liberty Bell, from a CDO (Curved Dash Oldsmobile)
« on: August 10, 2012, 03:21:47 AM »
For one point: What is this, who built it, and what is its intended application?  

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Re: Ancient Accessory #284
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2012, 04:43:27 AM »
Bell for handlebar?
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Re: Ancient Accessory #284
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2012, 05:57:14 AM »
Well, it is a bell. More work to do, for the point
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Re: Ancient Accessory #284
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2012, 03:43:50 AM »
Experts?
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Re: Ancient Accessory #284
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2012, 05:48:52 PM »
Bell from a policeman's bicycle?
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Re: Ancient Accessory #284
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2012, 04:49:41 AM »
No, this one was not affixed to a bicycle
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Re: Ancient Accessory #284
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2012, 07:06:42 AM »
Fire engine?
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Re: Ancient Accessory #284
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2012, 07:25:59 AM »
No sir
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Re: Ancient Accessory #284
« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2012, 10:39:44 PM »
Bermuda taxi bell, made by Sontone?
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Re: Ancient Accessory #284
« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2012, 04:20:35 AM »
Not one of those.
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Re: Ancient Accessory #284
« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2012, 11:22:03 PM »
Is this a bell attached to tiller steering bar of early horseless carriages?
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Re: Ancient Accessory #284
« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2012, 04:36:33 AM »
Now we're getting somewhere. Follow that hunch!

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Re: Ancient Accessory #284
« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2012, 10:12:32 PM »
I found a picture of what appears to be the same bell attached to the tiller of a 1901 Curved Dash Oldsmobile.
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Re: Ancient Accessory #284
« Reply #13 on: August 23, 2012, 10:26:34 PM »
Found it! According to the Curved Dash Oldsmobile Club , this is an accurate reproduction of a "LIBERTY" bell used on the tiller.
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Re: Ancient Accessory #284
« Reply #14 on: August 24, 2012, 04:31:28 AM »
Ding ding ding ding!

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