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Pedlar's bell

late 19th century
Object Place: Italy

Medium/Technique Earthenware
Dimensions Height 10.2 cm, diameter 7.7 cm (Height 4 in., diameter 3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2035
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical instrumentsIdiophones

DescriptionRed, unglazed clay. The tongue is a lump of clay tied by a piece of string through a hole in the top.
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)