Cast maker's plates from Mears & Stainbank.

[Alan J.Birney]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "philholtsdgr" 
<pippolucas23 at a...> wrote:
> At my home tower,Holt, Wiltshire, we have a bell-metal? founders 
> plate which was discovered in the bell-chamber, and is now 
displayed 
> in the ringing chamber. It reads "MEARS AND STAINBANK BELL-
FOUNDERS, 
> WHITECHAPEL RD.,LONDON", the background being green, and was 
> obviously supplied when the bells were re-cast in 1925. 
> Four questions. Are plates like these common? Were they peculiar to 
> Whitechapel? Are they in fact bell-metal? & was the background 
always 
> green?
> Phil Lucas


Some 15-20 years ago (when I was very ignorant of bell archeology- It 
was a case of of look to see how many bells there were in a tower and 
not record anything), I came across one in a North Yorkshire three 
bell tower- Possibly Ramsgill (nr Ripon).
Mr Aspland may have been there and if so can possibly confirm or 
deny this.

Alan