Commemorative bell from the 1883 Swiss National Exhibition: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Commemorative bell from the 1883 Swiss National Exhibition. The metal bell has a rectangular handle at top. There is star detailing around the top border. The center front has raised relief text which reads [DIPLOME / L’EXPOSITION / NATIONALE SUISS / ZURICH 1883]. Below this [ROSA] is engraved on the rim. Each side of the bell has a central raised design, including a wheat sheaf on the back. There is a yellow string tied around the base of the clapper.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1883
• Created by: Unidentified
• Owned by: Mary Church Terrell, American, 1863 - 1954
• Type: commemoratives
• Type: bells (idiophones)
• Medium: metal, string
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 5 3/4 × 5 15/16 × 5 15/16 in. (14.6 × 15.1 × 15.1 cm)
• Place used: Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Europe
• Place collected: Highland Beach, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Government
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Travel
• Object number: A2017.13.1.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ray and Jean Langston in memory of Mary Church and Robert Terrell
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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