#bell rope

[ltwilliammowett]

Bell rope (detail of the modern replica) of HMS Victory, 20th century

[rubynekklace]

Bell rope. Temple Church, City of London, London, England

[hikereyes]

FOTO SHASHIN - July  2, 2019 -   The bell rope at a Shinto temple in Yabuhara, Japan.   Along the Nakasendo Trail.

by HikerEyes

[ltwilliammowett]

Ceremonial sailor made, knot and sennit bell rope from the third quarter of the 20th century

Reputedly made for the bell of one of h.m.submarines. designed to be hung and displayed from the ships bell when in harbour or on visits from important people and often given to a long serving captain on his departure from commanding a vessel. knots have always been an essential part of the mariners art of seamanship, which on occasion is taken to extreme levels to make decorative items such as this bell rope.

[ltwilliammowett]

Bell rope made by a sailor, early 19th century

[ltwilliammowett]

Ship’s bell with an amazing bell rope aboard HMS Victory, by Michael J. Connolly

[thothandthedistantgoddess]

BELLROPE

The line through the hold in the dank vestibule ceiling ended in a powerful knot worn slick, swinging in the breeze from those passing. Half an hour before service Uncle Allen pulled the call to worship, hauling down the rope like the starting cord of a motor, and the tower answered and answered, fading as the clapper lolled aside. I watched him before Sunday school heave on the line as on a wellrope. And the wheel creaked up there as heavy buckets emptied out their startle and spread a cold splash to farthest coves and hollows, then sucked the rope back into the loft, leaving just the knot within reach, trembling with its high connections. (Robert Morgan; from Czeslaw Milosz’s anthology: A Book of Luminous Things).

[ltwilliammowett]

Sailor made Rope Bell lanyard, c. 1890