100-year-old bronze mini replica bell of Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Río Carmelo (Mission Carmel). Raised text reads: Carmel 1770, Junipero Serra 1713-1784. (Father Serra founded the mission in 1770, and died and was buried in the sanctuary at the mission in 1784). Lovely, clear, and loud high pitched ring.
• 2 5/8 inches tall
• 2 1/8 inch diameter
• Good condition with a luscious patina
Designed and cast by Mrs. A.S.C. Forbes of the Forbes Foundry of Los Angeles, California between 1914 and 1937. Forbes visited many of the missions and sketched what she could see of the bells hanging in the towers, replicating them in miniature in her foundry.
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100-year-old bronze mini replica bell of Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Río Carmelo (Mission Carmel). Raised text reads: Carmel 1770, Junipero Serra 1713-1784. (Father Serra founded the mission in 1770, and died and was buried in the sanctuary at the mission in 1784). Lovely, clear, and loud high pitched ring.
• 2 5/8 inches tall
• 2 1/8 inch diameter
• Good condition with a luscious patina
Designed and cast by Mrs. A.S.C. Forbes of the Forbes Foundry of Los Angeles, California between 1914 and 1937. Forbes visited many of the missions and sketched what she could see of the bells hanging in the towers, replicating them in miniature in her foundry.
Free US shipping.
