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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It's a very long shot, but they remind me of
the bell shown in Plate X of George Elphick's The Craft of the
Bellfounder. This plate is said to be a reproduction of a photograph
marked Lerwick on the back and once held by Dr F C Eeles. The
location/existence of the bell in the photograph is presumably not known,
but George Elphick identified it as being an early 11th Century
bell!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael Platt</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] FW: Can you
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<P>Anyone??<BR> <BR><BR> <BR>
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<BR>Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:08:21 +0100<BR>From: grantwilliams<BR>To: <A
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Can you help me to identify a bell<BR><BR><BR><FONT color=#000000>Hello I am a
metal detectorist and while out searching a field in somerset this weekend I
uncovered two bells. I was hopeing you might be able to tell me something
about them.</FONT><BR><BR><FONT color=#000000>I have included some pictures
taken with a two pence coin to help with the scale. The bells apear to be of a
silverish colour base metal with either a green paint or green tarnish (they
are heavy). There is also evidence of gold guildining on the top of one bell
around the loop. A small piece of a leather strap was also found inside one
bell along with what I think is the very rusty strikers.</FONT><BR><BR><FONT
color=#000000>Hope you can help or else forward on to someone else who
can.</FONT><BR><BR><FONT color=#000000>Thanks for your time </FONT><BR><FONT
color=#000000>Grant Williams</FONT><BR><BR><BR>
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