Dame Francis Stapleton bell

[Carl Scott Zimmerman]

The Dame Francis Stapleton bell (1730) which was discussed here last 
week under the subject "FW: HAVE a bell from the 1700s..." has also 
been shown and discussed on the Forum of the American Bell 
Association:
http://www.americanbell.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2105

At least one of the three large photos there is different from those 
supplied to Bell Historians by the owner.  Showing the interior of 
the bell, it makes clear that the clapper is hung from the original 
cast-in crown staple, not from a false staple added later.  This 
seems to refute the ingenious hypothesis proposed by DB and CP as to 
the origin of the two holes in top the bell.

Carl