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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Adding to this: William Mears used the "&
Co" in the period immediately before 1781 when he joined William Chapman as
partner at Whitechapel. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have seen the expression "Mears & Co" without
the use of a first name or even initial on some bells clearly by
George Mears but I have not seen one which I could attribute to William,
whose style is quite different. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sorry to confuse the issue.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If the inscription is exactly as you say it is
more than lkikely that the bell was cast in the period 1859-1865 when the
style of the Whitechapel Foundry was George Mears & Co; it is I believe
the only time that the "& Co" was used by the firm and inscribed on
bells.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Hello Bell Historians,</DIV>
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<DIV>I hope you can unravel a question that I have. I have
a Mears bell, and I have not been successful in determining the
date it may have been cast. On the crown it says "Mears and Co.
London." There are no initials in front of Mears, and I'm not sure
there is even a period after Co. It has a 10 on the crown
also. </DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you for any help on this.</DIV>
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<DIV>Dave Welch</DIV>
<DIV>Burbank, California, USA</DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR>
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