Late 19th Century Door Bell blue beacon coal Copper and brass bowl featuring

Copper and brass bowl featuring applied zoomorphic motifs

Ride Free" in a banner across the American eagle

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Wooden accent chair with crazing

Late 19th Century Door Bell blue beacon coal Copper and brass bowl featuringEmbossed brass announcement bell. This piece features early Art Nouveau embellishments across its wide, domed cap. It is a precursor to what we now know as doorbells, which themselves are beginning to be phased out in favor of Ring and Nest Cams. But I digress; both pieces included here would have been wall mounted next to each other at a front door. The smaller piece with the lever would have been pulled up and let go so the porcelain knob would