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

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

Certainly a possibility – the inscription matches no.2 at Ilketshall St Lawrence as given by Raven. RWMC’s notes (at Suffolk Record Office) might help. Philip Denton notes that the files includes reports dated 29/4/61 and 24/6/93

 

Chris Pickford

 

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Ilketshall St. Lawrence is about the right diameter for the 1619 bell, is this a possibility, an unhung cracked bell?

David Sloman

 

On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 10:02 AM 'Chris Pickford' c.j.pickford.t21 at btinternet.com <mailto:c.j.pickford.t21 at btinternet.com>  [bellhistorians] <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com <mailto:bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com> > wrote:

  

The Bonhams catalogue gives the diameter of the 1619 bell as 60cm (i.e. 23.625”). That bell has a swing-chiming headstock (assuming the stock sold with it does actually belong to that bell) – 

 

There would seem to be a clock-hammer indentation on the soundbow of the 1624 bell – not in line with the canons (so the hammer would have struck at an angle)

 

Maybe these two – although sold together – probably did come from separate locations

 

Chris Pickford



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