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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peter asks "when did hemispherical bells start
being made?"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A quick search in my file gives "earliest dates" of
1842 for Mears, 1847 for Taylor and pre-1858 for Warner - although I wouldn't be
surprised to find earlier examples as my list is far from complete</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Dish bells" were made in the C18th, and Thomas
Eayre of Kettering made a set of 12 (or so) for Harrowden Park in Northants in
the 1750s, unfortunately destroyed by fire in the later C18th. Some examples by
the Eayres and by Edward Arnold (e.g. Glaston, Rutland, 1793 - but scrapped) are
known. All from memory so e&oe</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>CP</FONT></DIV>
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