Another modified 'apple core', again with the notch and clear marks from where bell was hung. 10904 is the 'other' modified 'apple core'
jbcherry
- Monday 29 August 2016 23:32
I now understand why there are these 'modified apple core' brasses. In 1911, on welfare grounds, it was made illegal to fit brasses with bells to horse harness. So owners would remove the bells an replace with something else, similarly the manufacturer would adapt unsold stock and unused 'blanks'. Similarly with the many 'beehive' brasses that had bells attached to the apex, with the bell removed the usual solution appears to have been to stuff a bit of ribbon in the remaining hole.
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