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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Again to confirm, definitely by James Barw=
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Sons, Great Hampton Street, Birmingham.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It is the earlier and rarer of the two cre=
sts they=20
used. As David says, the other has the JB / (large) B for "James Barwell=20
Birmingham", a device not infrequently found on their bells. I am pretty su=
re=20
this latter was in use by 1890. The JB / JB crest which preceded it seems t=
o be=20
scarcer. About ten years ago a bell came into Taylor's for recasting - don'=
t=20
know from where - with the JB / JB crest, which JT reckoned to be worth=20
reproducing facsimile on the new bell. Andrew kindly gave me the lead cast =
used=20
in the process, I have it before me now. 3 3/4" x 3" across the oak leaves;=
the=20
shield 1 1/4" x 2".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Interesting by the way to see the image of=
the=20
Naylor Vickers bell. The "yoke" (headstock on this side of the pond) has th=
e=20
"adjustable gudgeons - you can see the serrations whereby the shoulders of =
the=20
stock were adjusted - i.e., if you didn't like the hang of your bell you ju=
st=20
went upstairs with a spanner and altered it, Well, so the advert said, or w=
ords=20
to that effect. But I've never seen the real thing, so thanks to Carl for=20
putting it on.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DLC</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>Fro=
m:</B>=20
<A href=3D"mailto:david@r..."=20
title=3Ddavid@r...>David Bagley</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com"=20
title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com>bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</A>=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 13, 2005 8:=
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AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians]=20
Identification assistance</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Looks like Barwell's foundry mark to me, although fig =
67 on=20
p22 of <BR>CB.Herefordshire has only one "J.B." in the shield with a "B"=
=20
below. No <BR>doubt CJP can confirm!<BR><BR>David.<BR><BR><BR>----- Origi=
nal=20
Message ----- <BR>From: "Carl S. Zimmerman" <<A=20
href=3D"mailto:csz_stl@s...">csz_stl@s...</A>><BR>To: "Bel=
l=20
Historians List" <<A=20
href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogroups=
.com</A>><BR>Sent:=20
Saturday, February 12, 2005 11:52 PM<BR>Subject: [Bell Historians]=20
Identification assistance<BR><BR><BR><BR>An Australian correspondent who =
found=20
me through one of my Websites<BR>has asked for assistance in identifying =
an=20
old bronze bell. He<BR>supplied five photos, which I have posted=20
at<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://photos.yahoo.com/csz_stl@swbell.net">http://photos.yahoo.c=
om/csz_stl@s...</A>=20
under the album name<BR>"Australian bell". He reports that it weigh=
s=20
about 25 kilos.<BR>Apparently it has no inscription, but on the waist is =
a=20
shield<BR>surrounded by a wreath. In the four quadrants of the shie=
ld=20
are the<BR>letters J B J B. Based upon either this description or t=
he=20
style<BR>visible in the photos, who might have made this bell? (I d=
oubt=20
that<BR>it came from an American bellfoundry. =20
:-)<BR><BR>Carl<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Yahoo! Groups=20
Links<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></TT><BR></BODY></HTML>