<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp98e4dd77yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div>Dated 1675, and carrying a Latin religious inscription but no identification of its maker, this bell was reported as having been a ship's bell before it came ashore in Massachusetts in 1702/3. Certainly it was used <span>thereafter</span> as a church bell and then as a courthouse bell; it is now a museum piece.</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">See the bell at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Captain_Peter_Adolph_Bell.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Captain_Peter_Adolph_Bell.jpg</a></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Click on the photo for a larger version; then click again for a super-large version.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div>Follow the "file usage" link to learn more of its post-arrival history.<br></div><br></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Would anyone care to speculate on a possible maker, or even just a probable country of origin?<br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp98e4dd77signature"><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">Carl Scott Zimmerman, Campanologist <br>Saint Louis, Missouri, USA -<br> - 19th c. home of at least 37 bell founders or resellers <br>Tel. +1(314)821-8437 <br>Webmaster for www.TowerBells.org<br> * Avocation: tower bells<br> * Recreation: handbells<br><div> * Mission: church bells</div><div><span class="ydpb3b8dea8pasted-link"><span class="ydp73140da6pasted-link">Webmaster for www.TSCChapter134.org</span></span></div><div dir="ltr">Treasurer, World Carillon Federation<br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>