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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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