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Any ideas about when they might have been cast, please?</div>
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Are there any significant collections of 'hand bells' (that are open to inspection by the public or that have images of the bells available online) that night enable for the comparison of these bells with others?</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com <bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of Carl S Zimmerman csz_stl@swbell.net [bellhistorians] <bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bell Historians] Establishing the origins and age of a hand bell ?</font>
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.22em;">Possibly town crier bells, or school teacher's bells, which typically carry no maker's mark. The town crier bell that I have is larger than most teachers' bells, though.<br style="line-height: 1.22em;">
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- 19th c. home of at least 37 bell founders or resellers <br style="line-height: 1.22em;">
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<div style="line-height: 1.22em;">On Saturday, January 11, 2020, 8:18:53 AM CST, Julian Perfect julianperfect@hotmail.com [bellhistorians] <bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">It has been suggested to me that the Bell Historians Group might be able to provide some information in response to my enquiry below. </span><br style="line-height: 1.22em;">
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;color:black; font-size:12pt">I have a couple hand bells which appear to be identical and cast in bell metal (please see the first three of the attached photographs, the 2p coin gives an indication of the dimensions of the bells). </span><span style="line-height: 1.22em;color:black; font-size:12pt">I
would like to establish, if possible, by whom, where and when these bells were cast, but there are no markings that I can see on either of the bells (or their handles) that might offer any clues. I would be grateful for any information, ideas, or suggestions
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;color:black; font-size:12pt">I would also be interested to hear any ideas about the origins and former use of the bell (missing its clapper) shown in the fourth and fifth of the attached photographs. Again, there are no markings
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