A COLLECTION OF BRONZE AND COPPER ALLOY BELLS

A COLLECTION OF BRONZE AND COPPER ALLOY BELLS

18TH CENTURY

including: one by William Cor of Aldbourne, marked 'W. I Cor' with a dabchick, one marked 'E. Plumer' of Ramsbury, two with initials 'WR', two stamped 'WG', four beehive examples, one numbered '11' one '12', a bell on an iron collar marked 'RW' for Robert Wells of Aldbourne and an example marked 'B 20' (12)

10.5cm high (max)

Provenance

'A Lifetime of Collecting' - The Property of a Gentleman

Literature

See Roderick Butler, A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and other Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900, Exhibition catalogue.