[Bell Historians] Squat bell

[Carl S Zimmerman csz_stl@swbell.net [bellhistorians]]

The last word of the inscription is more likely FONDEURS.
There is a very large hour bell of similarly squat shape in the belfry of the royal castle of Fredericksborg, Denmark.  Unfortunately I did not have time to discover its maker and date when I visited there some years ago.
I've also seen two very squat American-made bells - one made of bronze from the Fulton foundry of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (very unlike all other Fulton bells I've seen) and one made of iron or steel by a New York City company.
I have no idea why the makers of these very unusual bells chose to use the particular shapes they did. Carl Scott Zimmerman 
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      From: "John Harrison john at jaharrison.me.uk [bellhistorians]" <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com>
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 Subject: [Bell Historians] Squat bell
   
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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