PLACE REPRESENTED:   Switzerland

ITEM: Decorative cow bell.

NOTES: This looks suspiciously similar to the Austrian decorative cowbell. My cynicism should be put to one side though because Switzerland and Austria are neighbours so there are bound to be similarities … in decorative cow bells at least.

The manufacturer has gone to the trouble of writing “Gruyeres” on the bell. Gruyères is in the west of Switzerland, hence the French sounding name. Of course the Swiss-German populace have a different name for the town, Greyerz.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: steel , leather , material

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown.

DIMENSIONS: 14cm high (including strap) 6cm wide (bell)