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<div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505102947030_6434">The last word of the inscription is more likely FONDEURS.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505102947030_6457"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505102947030_6479">There is a very large hour bell of similarly squat shape in the belfry of the royal castle of Fredericksborg, Denmark. Unfortunately I did not have time to discover its maker and date when I visited there some years ago.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505102947030_6616"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505102947030_6739" dir="ltr">I've also seen two very squat American-made bells - one made of bronze from the Fulton foundry of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (very unlike all other Fulton bells I've seen) and one made of iron or steel by a New York City company.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505102947030_6740" dir="ltr">I have no idea why the makers of these very unusual bells chose to use the particular shapes they did.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505102947030_6458"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505102947030_6459" class="signature">Carl Scott Zimmerman <br>Saint Louis, Missouri, USA -<br> - 19th c. home of at least 36 bell founders or resellers <br>Tel. +1(314)821-8437 <br>Webmaster for www.TowerBells.org<br> * Avocation: tower bells<br> * Recreation: handbells<br> * Mission: church bells</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505102947030_6460" class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505102947030_6464" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505102947030_6463" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505102947030_6462" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505102947030_6461" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505102947030_6819" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "John Harrison john@jaharrison.me.uk [bellhistorians]" <bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Bell Historians <bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, September 10, 2017 2:53 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Bell Historians] Squat bell<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505102947030_6467" class="y_msg_container"><br><div dir="ltr">One of the bells I saw while on holiday in France was extremely squat. <br></div><div dir="ltr">Excluding canons it was ~17" high and ~34" diameter.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505102947030_6761" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505102947030_6466" dir="ltr"> It was standing on a pallet so no idea what it sounds like.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505102947030_6476" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505102947030_6469" dir="ltr">There are pictures of it at:<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505102947030_6742" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505102947030_6470" dir="ltr"><a href="http://jaharrison.me.uk/Temp/SarlatBell1.jpg" target="_blank">http://jaharrison.me.uk/Temp/SarlatBell1.jpg</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505102947030_6474" dir="ltr"><a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505102947030_6744" href="http://jaharrison.me.uk/Temp/SarlatBell2.jpg" target="_blank">http://jaharrison.me.uk/Temp/SarlatBell2.jpg</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">The inscription (on the back and difficult to see, not visible in the<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505102947030_6472" dir="ltr">pictures) is:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">1825 AUGUSTIN MARTIN PAINTANDRE ET CAUSARD TONDEURS<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Any idea why it was that shape, which I haven't seen before?<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Regards<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div dir="ltr">John Harrison<br></div><div dir="ltr">Website <a href="http://jaharrison.me.uk/" target="_blank">http://jaharrison.me.uk</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">------------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr">Posted by: John Harrison <<a ymailto="mailto:john@jaharrison.me.uk" href="mailto:john@jaharrison.me.uk">john@jaharrison.me.uk</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">------------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">------------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Yahoo Groups Links<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><*> To visit your group on the web, go to:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bellhistorians/?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma" target="_blank">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bellhistorians/</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><*> Your email settings:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> Individual Email | Traditional<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><*> To change settings online go to:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bellhistorians/join?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma" target="_blank">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bellhistorians/join</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"> (Yahoo! 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