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Davenport Brothers Spirit Séance Bell. Small brass bell with short brown hardwood handle terminating in a sturdy brass loop, said to have been used in the spiritualistic performances of the Davenport Brothers, circa 1870. Height 2 ?". With a hand-lettered card from the Circus Museum of Sarasota identifying the bell as “One of original bells of Davenport Bros.” and a handwritten note stating “Original Davenport Brothers Bells presented (by Kellar) to Houdini on stage at Kellars [sic] last show in New York S.A.M. (See M.U.M. Nov. 1925).”