Three bells hung in a wooden belfry frame – Antique Wall Art
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Description
Few images capture their era like this historic image of Three bells hung in a wooden belfry frame. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Three bells hung in a wooden belfry frame
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Three bells hanging together in one open timber frame set this picture apart from the single church bell views common in collections like this one. Wooden belfries were a familiar feature of New England meetinghouses and town churches, where bells called congregations to worship, marked the hours, and sounded warnings for fire. A cluster of bells in one frame suggests a community that could afford a set tuned to ring together, and the heavy joinery shows how the weight was carried. Without a named church or town, the scene is best read as a representative example of belfry construction in the region.
| Original scan | 4,678 × 3,279 px · prints to 16 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 26 |
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