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<p><span>This 1677 bell is for sale in an Edinburgh auction on 16th August. Estimate £2-3k. The auctioneer's description is below. Details at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/lyon-and-turnbull/catalogue-id-srly10130/lot-1c13c2d9-8b20-4b34-b900-a7b700c0b2bc?utm_source=auction-alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=auction-alert&utm_content=lot-image-link">https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/lyon-and-turnbull/catalogue-id-srly10130/lot-1c13c2d9-8b20-4b34-b900-a7b700c0b2bc?utm_source=auction-alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=auction-alert&utm_content=lot-image-link</a></span></p><p><br></p><p><span><br></span></p><span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">GREENOCK - A PATINATED BRONZE CHURCH BELL </span><br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">WHITECHAPEL FOUNDRY, DATED 1677 </span><br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">inscribed to the shoulder RP/ FOR THE CHURCH OF GRINNOCK 1677 with three bell foundry mark </span><br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Height: 46cm </span><br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Note: The Whitechapel Bell Foundry, Britain's oldest manufacturing company, was established in 1570 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and has been in continuous business since that date. </span><br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Whitechapel's famous bells include the original Liberty Bell (1752), the Great Bell of Montreal and, probably its best known bell, Big Ben at the Palace of Westminster, cast in 1858. </span><br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><p><span><span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;word-spacing:normal;">On 22nd March 2017 the foundry closed the doors at the East London premises it has occupied since 1738 and moved to new premises at Smithfield.</span><img alt="" class="" src="https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/5fe6e46b-ee72-4958-a246-a7980093f5a2/f0c89cb5-5f65-4e75-871b-0b4ff6146c30/540x360.jpg" style=""><br class="yui-cursor"></span></p><p><span><br class="yui-cursor"></span></p>
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