The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025
Lot 252
A CHARLES II BRONZE BELL
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500
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Description
A CHARLES II BRONZE BELL
BY THOMAS STURTON II (b. C.1629, D.1683), SOMERSET, DATED '1679'
with crown-shaped suspension mount, the body cast with initials 'FV' opposed by the date '1679', together with 'T' founder's mark, later iron clapper; with a wrought iron hanging wall bracket and a brass presentation plaque inscribed 'This bell dated 1679 with initials F.V. and the capital letter T. came from Lord Portman, Bryanston, Blandford, December 1925. It originally hung at The Manor House, Tarrant Gunville' (3)
25cm high, 23.8cm diameter
Catalogue Note
Tarrant Gunville is a Grade II Manor House, on the edge of the Cranborne Chase, Dorset.