This bell is a nice vintage yellow brass Olds Ambassador single F-horn bell flare from the 1960s. It has been delacquered, cleaned, fitted with an Alexander ring, and two Pleiades star clusters were soldered onto the outer bell surface, 180 degrees apart. Each star cluster is 16 stars of varying sizes. Each star is nickel silver (0.016" thick).
The bell with Alexander ring weighed 441g before the brass star applique. It weights 444g after the constellations were applied.
bell height: 5-5/16 inches
bell throat inner diameter: 2-27/32 inches
bell rim diameter: 12 inches
The bell interior has an interesting and fairly heavy patina. It can be polished to a brilliant brass shine if desired.
