Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 18th January 2023
Lot 54
A COLLECTION OF BRONZE AND COPPER ALLOY BELLS
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £450
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Description
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.