[Bell Historians] Re: Vancouver

[Carl S Zimmerman]

At 12:05 +0100 07/09/05, Chris Pickford wrote:
>Regarding date discrepancies for Vancouver (and other jobs), it's 
>not always possible to know from foundry records, press reports and 
>other sources is what date is actually cast on a bell or set of 
>bells. That's only to be determined from actual inscriptions ...


Very true!  But even inscriptions can be confusing.  Not long ago I 
learned of a set of bells which carry two dates - both the year of 
casting (with the foundry inscription) and the year of dedication 
(with the donor's inscription).