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Churchill Bell and Box Presented to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hennage

Dateca. 1979

Maker Phil Thorp

OriginAmerica, Virginia, Williamsburg

MediumSilver, wood, cardboard, and paper

DimensionsBell: 5 3/4" x 2 7/16"; Box: 9 3/4" x 4 3/8" x 4 3/8"

Credit LineBequest of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hennage

Object number2020-409

DescriptionSmall, heavy, cast and turned silver bell, with a turned dark hardwood handle. With its marbled paper covered box filled with paper frass and containing an explanatory Raleigh Tavern Society card.Inscription(s)Front of bell engraved with a perspective image of the Raleigh Tavern with "RALEIGH TAVERN" above and "SOCIETY" below. Back of bell engraved "Presented to / Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hennage / December 1979," in three lines of script.Mark(s)Inside top of bell struck with "THORP," "STERLING," "HANDWROUGHT," AND "I•G” all in relief within rectangles.