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This is a clucket sheep bell made from sheet iron and laxquered with brass. It was hung from the sheep's neck by leather straps slotted into a wooden yoke and held in place by wooden lockyers. Bells were used by shepherds to help them locate their sheep.

1 clucket bell: wood and metal [iron and brass]; good condition

MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'Clucket or ‘cluck’ bells are made of sheet iron, sometimes lacquered with brass to improve the note. They are usually lighter than canister bells and have rounded crowns. // This bell is lacquered, has straight sloping sides and two staples on the crown. It is 5.5 inches high, and 6 inches across the crown. // The bell was hung from the neck of the sheep by a wooden yoke and leather straps; the straps being slotted through the yoke and held in place by wooden lockyers.', Lavinia Smith Catalogue (D60/28) - 'A list of the contents of the East Hendred museum. July 5 1940 // Shepherd's Andrews's "ship tackle" // 4-12. Nine clucket bells with their harness' (Smith's description could be in reference to any of the clucket bell's in the collection - even those which no longer have leather straps)

Wood, Metal, iron

Rippon, Miss Dorothy May Lyddon (Agent)
Andrews