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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Do you have the full text of the inscription? I agree that it could well be a Dutch or Flemish bell; my knowledge of Dutch bells is very limited, but it might provide some clues.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Peter Rivet<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Bell-historians <bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk> <b>On Behalf Of </b>georgebellringer@gmail.com<br><b>Sent:</b> 13 May 2022 20:12<br><b>To:</b> 'Bell Historians Mailing List' <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bell Historians] An anonymous bell from 1675<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I would have thought that its Dutch, but no sufficiently versed enough as to the founder.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>George<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Bell-historians [<a href="mailto:bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk">mailto:bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Carl S Zimmerman<br><b>Sent:</b> 12 May 2022 19:58<br><b>To:</b> Bell Historians Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> [Bell Historians] An anonymous bell from 1675<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>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 thereafter as a church bell and then as a courthouse bell; it is now a museum piece.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>See the bell at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Captain_Peter_Adolph_Bell.jpg" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Captain_Peter_Adolph_Bell.jpg</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Click on the photo for a larger version; then click again for a super-large version.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Follow the "file usage" link to learn more of its post-arrival history.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Would anyone care to speculate on a possible maker, or even just a probable country of origin?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>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 <a href="http://www.TowerBells.org">www.TowerBells.org</a><br> * Avocation: tower bells<br> * Recreation: handbells<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> * Mission: church bells<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=ydp73140da6pasted-link><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Webmaster for <a href="http://www.TSCChapter134.org">www.TSCChapter134.org</a></span></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Treasurer, World Carillon Federation<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>