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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 126781, member: 360&quot;]Picked this up at the flea-market on the weekend. Ain&#039;t it cute?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/10342482_1703751049883374_1305414835539813180_n.jpg?oh=d9fb5de8ff85109563b43088afc6cc87&amp;oe=578C63E3" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>From what I&#039;ve read, bells like these were used on old horse carriages, very early automobiles, and streetcars/cable cars, around the turn of the century.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coming from Melbourne, I reckon something like this would&#039;ve been used on an old fashioned tram (Melbourne has been famous for its trams since the 1880s), and I know that old trams did used to have bells like these on them, which the driver would operate with his foot (because his hands were too busy operating the gears and levers up top).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlp1/v/t1.0-9/996751_1703751109883368_8372919981051019175_n.jpg?oh=dd932665a37814bd794da746fff792ae&amp;oe=5752FA3E" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I polished the bell extensively when I got it home, and pulled it apart, polished it even more, I cleaned the mechanism and then put the entire thing back together.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtl1/t31.0-8/12495934_1703750929883386_3492763194619181340_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>After generous lubrication and reassembly, I&#039;m proud to say that the bell now rings loud and true <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/887203_1703751096550036_1873097011632676984_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d say it dates to the early 1900s, but I&#039;m not sure exactly when. It&#039;s cute though. And it was cheap![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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