[Bell Historians] Squat bell

[John Harrison john@jaharrison.me.uk [bellhistorians]]

One of the bells I saw while on holiday in France was extremely squat.  
Excluding canons it was ~17" high and ~34" diameter.

 It was standing on a pallet so no idea what it sounds like.

There are pictures of it at:

http://jaharrison.me.uk/Temp/SarlatBell1.jpg
http://jaharrison.me.uk/Temp/SarlatBell2.jpg

The inscription (on the back and difficult to see, not visible in the
pictures) is:

1825 AUGUSTIN MARTIN PAINTANDRE ET CAUSARD TONDEURS

Any idea why it was that shape, which I haven't seen before?

Regards

-- 
John Harrison
Website http://jaharrison.me.uk


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