[Bell Historians] Seventeenth-century Bells and mortars for sale

['Chris Pickford' c.j.pickford.t21@btinternet.com [bellhistorians]]

Has anyone managed to work out where these bells were from?

 

Chris Pickford

 

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Probably other people have noticed, but Bonhams have two Brend bells, 1619 and 1624, for sale at Oxford on .  There are also two mortars, one said to be possibly by Bartlett of Whitechapel.  They are all described as of 'leaded bronze', and the second bell, diameter 76 cm, is called 'extremely large'.

The auction is at https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25421 and the lots are 19 and 20 (bells) and 571 and 574 (mortars).  There is also a small 'pilgrim's' bell in lot 75 with a Lombardic inscription CAMPANA THOME but the auctioneers are non-commital about date and pilgrim badges are often nineteenth-century forgeries.

Mark



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