Bronze handbell with a wooden handle, known as a 'deid-bell' it was rung to announce a death and was carried and rung before the coffin in the funeral procession, from Ratho Kirk, near Edinburgh, dated 1695

Bronze handbell of 'to' type, one of a set, of pointed oval section with cylindrical handle, each side ornamented in high relief with a boldly designed ogre mask: China, Zhou dynasty, 1122 - 255 BC

Drilbu (handbell) of bronze, domed chamber with cast borders of dorje (sceptres) and lotus petals, handle with face of Prajnaparamita (deity) and five-pronged dorje finial, used in Tibetan Buddhist rituals representing wisdom or emptiness: China, Sichuan Prvince, Garze Prefecture, Dege County, Dege, Tibetan, 19th century

Drilbu (handbell) of bronze, domed chamber with cast borders of dorje (sceptres) and kirtimukha (monster faces) in relief, handle features face of Prajna-paramita (deity) surmounted by eight-pronged dorje finial, in Tibetan Buddhist rituals the bell represents wisdom or emptiness: Tibet, 19th to early 20th century AD

Handbell of bronze: Nepal, Patan, 19th century

Silver sanctus bell by Zacharius Mellinus, Edinburgh, 1686 - 1687, part of the Holyrood plate given by James VII, c. 1686