RUNNING WILD

Simple details are always beautiful. This belt and buckle from the Bell Trading Company epitomize that. The sleek vintage leather strap is a great base for the intricate work of the nickel silver buckle. Swirling scroll details are etched around the round buckle and finished with a centered brass roadrunner. It may be a simple belt, but it’ll have you saying yee haw!

Bell Trading Post (Manufacturer). Bell Trading Post began operations in 1932. The company was owned and operated by Jack Michaelson of Albuquerque. Early production focused on handmade jewelry, but post -WWII lapel pins, paratrooper pins. There are various marks for silver, nickel silver and copper.

Marks: BELL STERLING (enclosing a bell with hatch marks around the bell); BELL STERLING (surrounding a bell symbol with dots before and after BELL); STERLING BY BELL (surrounding a signpost with a bell); STERLING (under a signpost with a bell); STERLING (draped over a bell) with BELL inscribed; STERLING BY BELL (on attached tags); NICKEL SILVER BELL (surrounding a bell); NICKEL SILVER (and a signpost); SOLID COPPER (and a signpost); SOLID COPPER (surrounding a bell); 

• artist: Bell Trading Post
• hallmarks: BELL trading Post
• materials: nickel silver, brass, vintage leather strap
  
• dimensions: 4" x 3", 40" 
  
• weight: 201 grams
• vintage condition
  
• abrasions and surface wear commensurate with age
• nice patina with heavy oxidation
• wear from use
• vintage leather strap
• style: Belt-1034