Eighteen carriage bells on wire from a plantation near Georgetown South Carolina

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Eighteen bronze carriage bells connected to metal wires. The bells are of various sizes and are circular. They each have a square metal canon at top where they are connected to the metal wires. The bells have circular cutouts in the top and bottom and a metal ball inside. Floral patterned etching is visible on some of the bells. The letters "HR" are visible on one of the bells. The bells are black in color.

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