A COLLECTION OF CROTAL OR RUMBLER BELLS

A COLLECTION OF CROTAL OR RUMBLER BELLS

18TH CENTURY

of copper alloy and bronze, by various makers including Robert Wells of Aldbourne, an example by Joseph Wallis and a rare one with intitials 'E S', the largest numbered '20' (15)

10.3cm diameter (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.