Wondering if anyone can help with this vintage bell, please

[pnc75]

I would really appreciate any help with this.

All I know is that it is now 3.5 generations old.  It doesn't have any markings.  The back is plain. TIA.

[imastawka]

Wow, that's an old grandma Lynsh.

I was a grandma at 42

I'm now a great grandma and still not as old as that. (but decrepit anyway)

[pnc75]

   "Bricks and Mortar shop. "

Now I'm really embarrassed! I've known that for soooo long. How stupid I am!!!! I was thinking about brands 🤣

[imastawka]

Only on ebay - 'real' people don't call 'em that.

Your bell is not showing any signs of age on the bottom, so I'm guessing there's no great age to it.

And the china doesn't seem refined enough for it to be English bone china.

[davewil1964]

'Real' people do, if you include newsreaders.

[imastawka]

Newsreaders call 'em B & M's?

Insurance agents might.  

But I said 'real people'

[davewil1964]

We will need to agree on what constitutes 'real' people. Given the vast majority seem to have an online presence, and those that don't probably watch the news on the TV.

[lynsh84]

---

@imastawka wrote:

Wow, that's an old grandma Lynsh.

I was a grandma at 42

I'm now a great grandma and still not as old as that. (but decrepit anyway)

---

Not all generations are child brides Stawks.🤣

A 48 year old in my family had a grandmother born in 1915.

All families are very different....obviously!

It seems to me that your guess based on the appearance of the china is more accurate than a "generations" timeline.

[kopenhagen5]

Google porcelain tea bell and you will see many ranging from $6 to $40.

Unless it's a Wedgewood, Worcester or RD, it's probably a mass produced item with low $ value as others suggest.

[sugar249]

Definitely nothing special,  no markings is a dead giveaway

Also if you look at the decoration its machine made in the last 30 - 40 years,  they must have been very quick generations

[pnc75]

No they weren't quick generations at all. Far from it, but I appreciate you trying to help.