Bells

Bells - Crotal, Rumbler, Cow, Hawking and sheep bells

Whistles

Crotal and rumber bells were used with small animals up to the largest beast.They were also used for by humans as good luck charms, dancing and religious purposes. The bells are mentioned in the Bible !!

Rumbler bells maufacturer marks table

Mark	Name	Approximate dates when casting bells	Foundry Location
AG	Andrew Gurney	Late 17th century	Hull
AS	Uncertain	16th–17th century	Uncertain
AS	Uncertain	16th–17th century	Uncertain
CL	Possibly symbols, rather than letters	16th–17th century	Uncertain
DS	Uncertain	Uncertain	Uncertain
ER	Edward Read	1751-1753	Aldbourne
ES	Edward Seller I Edward Seller II	1685-1724 1723-1760	York York
EW	Edne Witts	1760-1777	Aldbourne
EW	Edne Witts	1760-1777	Aldbourne
GT	Gerald Tarleton	1740-1755	Wigan
HP	Henry Pleasant	1694-1707	Sudbury
HW	William Seller’s unnamed foreman	1683-1687	York
IB	James Bridgman	1828-1851	Aldbourne
Iohn Doole	John Doole	18th–19th century	Uncertain
IH	John Higden	1619-1652	Reading
IL Wigan	John Latham	1760-1783	Wigan
IR	John Read John Rudhall	1751-1753 1808-1835	Aldbourne Gloucester
IS	John Stares John Seller	1743-1746 1733-1760	Aldbourne York
JC	John Carr	1728-1750
JS	John Stares	1744-1746
Joseph Wallis	Joseph Wallis	Uncertain	Uncertain
JW	James Wells	1799- 1826
OC	Oliver Crr 1725-1727
RC	Robert Corr I Robert Corr II	1690-1715 1720-1724	Aldbourne Aldbourne
RC	Robert Carr	1696- 1742
RE	Richard Eldridge	Early 17th century	Wokingham & Horsham
RW	Robert Well I Robert Wells II	1760-1780 1792-1799	Aldbourne Aldbourne
TS	Thomas Swain	1771-1781	London
WC	William Carr	1696-1719
WD	William Dunn	1800-1852	London -Bloomsbury
WG	William Gwynn	1770-1813	Aldbourne
WK	Uncertain	18th–19th century	Uncertain (See under Reading.)
WS	William Seller	1675-1687	York
WW	Uncertain	Uncertain	Uncertain

Decorated hawking whistle - rare medieval example featured on the whistle museum web site

Interesting link to one of our finds featured in a whistle museum, rare find

http://whistlemuseum.com/2009/08/13/...l-period-.aspx

Superb decorated medieval hawking bell - reported as treasure to the museum

17thC crotal bell with head foundry mark

17th century Allen Gurney - AG crotal bell – Hull foundry

16th/17thC decorated crotal bell - we have found a few with the makers mark 'I' but they are unlisted in the known foundry owners of that period

Mid 16thC decorated crotal bell

17th C Cast c/a crotal bell decorated top

Mid 16thC decorated crotal bell

Very unusual 17thC fishscale decorated crotal bell with horse shoe makers mark(y)

17th C Cast c/a crotal bell decorated top

Medieval silver decorated hawking bell

Huge early fishscale decorated cow bell

Mid 16thC decorated crotal bell

16thC decorated crotal bell

17thC crotal bell

17th C Cast c/a crotal bell decorated top

Medieval silver decorated hawking bell

Bell clappers

This crotal bell has been filled with lead to use as a weight

17thC fish scale crotal bell

Various bells

17thC Superb huge decorated cow bell with WG makers mark(y)

Nice early decorated crotal bells with markers marks

18thC sheep bell

Various bells

Cast copper bell

16thC cotal bell maker AG

Andrew Gurney, Hull

18thC Crotal bells

17thC decorated crotal bell

16thC decorated crotal bell with markers mark '2'

Really early large fishscale bell, unfortunately broken

17thC Huge crotal bell - maker William Carr c1680

Beautiful Pewter fishscale crotal bell 16th/17thC

Very early and unusual decorated crotal bell with silver content and unknown maker cross

Nice condition 17thC crotal bell

Early decorated crotal bell

18thC decorated crotal bell

Medieval silver hawking bell fragment with maker MB - reported to museum as treasure

Stunning 17thC decorated crotal bell with maker AG

Andrew Gurney, Hull

17thC decorated crotal bell

17thC Enameled decorated crotal bell

Medieval hawking bell fragments

Georgian horse bell

17th century Allen Gurney - AG crotal bell – Hull foundry

17thC horse bell

The Acme Thunder SE &CR whistle (South Eastern and Chatham railway)

'Acme Whistles made and supplied the original stock of Thunderers for officers and senior ratings of the ill-fated Titanic ocean liner. Surviving examples discovered over the years have commanded high prices at auction and generated considerable publicity'.

18thC crotal bell

18thC 1770-1820 AD crotal bell with makers mark WG - Willian Gwynn Aldbourne

17thC crotal bell with hammer foundry mark

17thC crotal bell

18thC crotal bell

18thC crotal bell

Huge decorated 18thC Crotal bell next to the gold clasp for size

18thC crotal bell with 'I' Foundry mark

Huge 17thC decorated cow bell with foundry mark

18thC crotal bell

19thC bell

17thC crotal bell with heart foundary mark

Monster sized cow bell next to a normal crotal for size
17thC enameled crotal bell 17thC decorated crotal bell - hammer foundry mark 17thC crotal bell - Orb foundry mark
Lots of early decorated crotal bells turning up
Medieval silver hawking bell - reported as treasure	16thC deorated hawking bell - reported as treasure


17thC silver bell - reported as treasure to museum	17thC bell

Georgian horse bell