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1952

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Bell Pull

This is a Bell pull. It was made by Thomas Bentley and Josiah Wedgwood. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1952. Its medium is tinted and molded stoneware (jasperware). It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Anonymous. It is credited Gift of Anonymous Donor.

  • Three Cone Necklace Necklace
  • gold, nickel alloy, unglazed stoneware (jasperware).
  • The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
  • 2016-34-94

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 5.7 × 3.9 cm (2 1/4 × 1 9/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Bell Pull; Made by Thomas Bentley (English, 1730 – 1780), Josiah Wedgwood (English, 1730 – 1795); tinted and molded stoneware (jasperware); H x diam.: 5.7 × 3.9 cm (2 1/4 × 1 9/16 in.); Gift of Anonymous Donor; 1952-166-109

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