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1959 · Williams

Golden Bells

Pale cream to light blue sky wash, scattered small five-pointed stars in red, blue and yellow, fine radiating sunburst rays and wooden outer frame with black keyline.

Year
1959
Maker
Williams
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Backglass lights
Players
1

Made by

Design
Harry Williams
Art
George Molentin

Vision analysis

On the backglass

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Golden Bells backglass

Backglass

  • black
  • red
  • cream
  • yellow

Fingerprint: Golden Bells: Blonde woman in red ruffled dress and white apron standing behind long white counter, holding two brass handbells, ten bronze handbells numbered 1-10 on broad black diagonal band, cream discs, scattered stars.

Distinctive

A broad black diagonal band running corner to corner, strung with ten numbered gold handbells from 1 up to 10, each backed by a red-white-blue striped arc. The huge two-line yellow-and-red script title 'Golden Bells' with a drop shadow dominates the upper left centre, sitting under the word MILLIONS and a row of rainbow-coloured numerals. A blonde woman in a strapless red ruffled dress and white apron smiles while ringing two small brass handbells over a long white counter dotted with tiny yellow bells. Two flanking columns of oval scoring windows (900 down to 100 on the left, 90 down to 00 on the right) frame the diagonal band symmetrically.

Setting

  • Pale cream to light blue sky wash
  • Scattered small five-pointed stars in red, blue and yellow
  • Fine radiating sunburst rays
  • Wooden outer frame with black keyline

Symbols

  • Handbells
  • Five-pointed stars
  • Sunburst rays
  • Red-white-blue striped arcs
  • Oval scoring windows
  • Counter with small bells

Lettering

  • Large two-line cursive script logo in yellow with deep red outline and drop shadow, angled slightly upward; small red cursive maker name above it; spaced black sans-serif capitals for millions and thousands; large rounded multicoloured numerals

Themes

  • Bells
  • Music
  • Chime
  • Carillon
  • Score columns
  • Showgirl
  • Starburst

Title on it

  • Golden bells

Text on it

  • MILLIONS
  • 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  • Williams
  • Golden Bells
  • THOUSANDS
  • 900
  • 800
  • 700
  • 600
  • 500
  • 400
  • 300
  • 200
  • 100
  • 90
  • 80
  • 70
  • 60
  • 50
  • 40
  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
  • 00
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman One smiling adult woman with short curly blonde hair, fair skin, red lipstick; wearing a strapless deep red gown with ruffled bodice and sleeves plus a white apron tied at the waist; standing lower right behind a long white counter; right hand lifting one small brass handbell, left hand holding a second bell, cheerful half-closed-eye expression
Other Ten bronze/gold handbells painted along the black diagonal band, each labelled with a yellow numeral 1 through 10 in ascending order from lower left to upper right, each bell paired with a red, white and blue striped arc
Full description

A rectangular painted backglass set in a light honey-brown wooden frame with visible grain and a black inner keyline border. The backdrop is a pale cream-to-light-blue field scattered with small five-pointed stars in red, blue and yellow, with fine radiating rays bursting from behind the centre. A broad black diagonal band runs from the lower left corner up to the upper right, carrying ten bronze/gold handbells numbered 1 to 10 in yellow, each bell set against a red, white and blue striped arc. Two vertical columns of oval value windows border the playfield art: the left column headed THOUSANDS with ovals reading 900, 800, 700, 600, 500, 400, 300, 200, 100, and the right column, also headed THOUSANDS, reading 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 00. Across the top, MILLIONS in spaced black capitals above large multicoloured numerals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. The title is a huge two-line red-and-yellow shadowed script logo. Lower right shows a smiling blonde woman in a strapless red ruffled gown with a white apron, standing behind a long white counter lined with small yellow bells, holding two brass handbells.