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Bell: hemispherical bell with circular edge to the cup, which is now heavily oxydized. The handle is in the form of a ring, supported at either side where it joins the top of the bell by two ornamental balls, and surmounted by a third. Across the base of the ring is a strip of metal attached to the remains of the support for the tongue inside the bell. The instrument has been broken into three parts and has been mended.

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