- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Henry Kauffman Photograph Collection
- Description
- Description on back of photograph: String of brass bells strung around a horse while pulling a sleigh, hence the name "sleigh bells." The sleighs moved so quietly bells were needed to warn approaching vehicles to avoid a collision. In the nineteenth century they were also known as "crotal bells."
- Courtesy Pennsylvania Farm Museum of Landis Valley
- Provenance
- Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman.
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Brass
- Sleigh bells
- Bells
- Crotal bells
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 5 x 7 inches
- Object ID
- HK-02-11-25
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Henry Kauffman Photograph Collection
- Description
- Imperfect sleigh bell showing the metal was too cool when it was poured and chilled below the flowing temperature before the casting cavity was filled. Courtesy of Edwin Battison
- *picture has a slight tear in it
- Provenance
- Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman.
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Brass
- Bells
- Sleigh Bells
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 7 x 5 inches
- Object ID
- HK-02-11-08
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Henry Kauffman Photograph Collection
- Description
- Imperfect sleigh bell showing the metal was too cool when it was poured and chilled below the flowing temperature before the casting cavity was filled. Courtesy of Edwin Battison
- *picture has a slight tear in it
- Provenance
- Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman.
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Brass
- Bells
- Sleigh Bells
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 7 x 5 inches
- Object ID
- HK-02-11-09
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Henry Kauffman Photograph Collection
- Description
- Note on back of photo: Complete set of sleigh bells mounted on a leather stamp with a buckle for connecting the ends under the horse's belly. The close-up of the buckle shows a piece of leather slipped under the metal so it did not injure the horse." Courtesy of Pennsylvania State Farm Museum of Landis Valley
- Provenance
- Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman.
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Brass
- Bells
- Sleigh Bells
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 6.5 x 10 inches
- Object ID
- HK-02-11-10
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Henry Kauffman Photograph Collection
- Description
- Note on back of photograph: " Top and side views of three bells used on straps, and usually called "sleigh bells" because they were used on horses when they were pulling a sleigh. Their function was to warn other travelers of their location because sleighs moved so quietly they could barely be heard. The designs and openings of the bells were cut into the patterns and imprinted in the metal when the castings were made. The initials W.B. presumably stand for William Barton."
- Provenance
- Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman.
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Brass
- Bells
- Sleigh Bells
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 5 x 7 inches
- Object ID
- HK-02-11-11
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Henry Kauffman Photograph Collection
- Description
- Close up of sleigh bells
- Provenance
- Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman.
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Brass
- Bells
- Sleigh Bells
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 5 x 7 inches
- Object ID
- HK-02-11-12
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Henry Kauffman Photograph Collection
- Description
- Brass sleigh with a note on back of photograph: Signed sleigh bells; very rare.
- Provenance
- Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman.
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Brass
- Sleigh Bells
- Bells
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 5 x 7 inches
- Object ID
- HK-02-11-26
Images
The Liberty Bells of Pennsylvania
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11665
- Responsibility
- by John Baer Stoudt.
- Author
- Stoudt, John Baer,
- Notes
- In: Pennsylvania German Soc., v.37.
- Subjects
- Liberty Bell
- Bells - Pennsylvania
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
- Call Number
- 905.748 PG v.37
Bells - Information file
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21409
- Call Number
- Information file - Bells
- Notes
- Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Information File
- Call Number
- Information file - Bells
- Collection
- Wheatland
- Description
- Hand push-bell. Round base with claw-like design around rounded edge. Tomato-shaped body separated into upper and lower bell by grooved band. Body originally dark blue metallic color with reverse star and 'C' and 'S' scroll pattern. Top has 'stemmed' knob.
- Provenance
- DAR in memory of Florence Buchanan Barnes
- To - James Buchanan Foundation DAR in memory of Florence Buchanan Barnes. Mrs. Barnes father was Arthur Buchanan who was a farmer in Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania. Relationship to James Buchanan is unknown.
- Year Range From
- 1850
- Year Range To
- 1870
- Last Owner
- Buchanan, James
- Storage Location
- Wheatland, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Dining Room
- Storage Wall
- Room Center
- Storage Cabinet
- Dining Table
- Storage Shelf
- Service Top
- Subcategory
- Sound Communication T&E
- Search Terms
- Bells
- Object Name
- Bell
- Material
- Brass/Iron/Porcelain
- Height (in)
- 5.625
- Diameter (in)
- 3.312
- Condition
- Fair
- Condition Date
- 2003-12-19
- Condition Notes
- Decoration is faded and worn
- Object ID
- W.1940.009.001
- Accession Number
- W.1940.009
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