Ship's bell
Sir John Bowring Wimble (1868 - 1927)
Category
Metalwork
Date
1914 - 1930
Materials
Bellmetal, Metal, Rope
Measurements
272 mm (H)247 mm (Diameter)
Collection
Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire
NT 1652480
Summary
Ship's bell, inscribed Merrow Mount. Heavy clapper with rope handle. Triangular blue-grey painted bracket.
Provenance
Collection William R. Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, by bequest to Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 1963, by transfer to National Trust, Nuffield Place, 2011.
Marks and inscriptions
inscribed ; on front of bell ; Merrow Mount ; ; original name of house built in 1914 for Sir John Wimble, Shipping Magnate, and retained by Nuffields to call staff etc.
Makers and roles
Sir John Bowring Wimble (1868 - 1927)