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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Well, the Plate Vii in Part 4 of Cheshire bell and the picture on
the Bonham site look remarkably similar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Perhaps a visit/enquiry at the Stanney Womens Institute would be
in order.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'>George<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>John H Allen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 09 September 2010 18:35<br>
<b>To:</b> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Bell Historians] Elizabethan bell for sale<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>This is what
Bonham’s say:-</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>

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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This
has come from Chester itself and having spoken with the vendor (now 57), he
recalls it when he was 3, in his relative’s farm in the local village of Oscroft
near Tarvin. He has taken it with him through two local house moves.</span><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>

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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>

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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I
attach a number of images for your assistance. Aside from the damage to the
cage, and some rim depletion, it is structurally sound and makes a pleasant, if
not tonally perfect, noise...</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Lewis<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday 08 September 2010 11:38<br>
<b>To:</b> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Bell Historians] Elizabethan bell for sale</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p>At 09:32 08/09/2010, George wrote:<br>
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>So the key question is should it be up for sale or should it have <br>
>been returned to the church?<br>
><br>
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Might be worth getting on to Bonhams to raise the query; they won't <br>
be happy to go ahead with the sale if provenance is dodgy.<br>
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RAL <o:p></o:p></p>

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