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A silver bell composed of three bells suspended below a round plate, the plate carrying three wire "handles" and the whole surmounted by a silver bird, is among the more elaborate of Spratling's functional silver forms. The incised stem and applied oval discs articulate the body, and the bird finial gives it a naturalistic crown.
Bells were part of the range of objects Spratling's workshop produced (Morrill, p. 66), and the incising and applied discs here are the hand techniques his silversmiths named as core to their craft (Morrill, p. 15). The piece dates to the First Design Period (1931-1946).
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