Call bell
probably Lester & Pack (bell foundry)
Category
Metalwork
Date
1754
Materials
Bronze
Measurements
460 mm (Height); 450 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Whitechapel
Order this imageCollection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1399962
Summary
Bell dated 1754, probably cast by Lester & Pack of Whitechapel. Originally hung on the roof of the hall as a call bell to summon estate workers.
Provenance
Probably cast by Lester & Pack of Whitechapel in 1754. Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)
Makers and roles
probably Lester & Pack (bell foundry) , bell founder