Antique Mission San Fernando Bell

ABOUT Exquisite 100-year-old bronze Mission San Fernando mini replica bell.

DIMENSIONS/WEIGHT 3 inch height, 2 1/8 inch diameter; 7 oz.

MAKER Forbes Foundry of Los Angeles, California. Mrs. A.S.C. Forbes (May 6, 1861 – September 18, 1951) was an American historical preservationist best known for her efforts to preserve California's El Camino Real and the old Spanish missions it connected. In 1904, the El Camino Real Association was founded, and Forbes' design for a guidepost to mark the route was adopted. A foundry was established, and in addition to El Camino Real mission bell guideposts, these mini mission bell replicas were created from sketches by Forbes of what she could see of the bells hanging in the towers when she visited the missions.

MATERIAL Bronze

CONDITION Excellent condition with a luscious patina.

HISTORY Mission San Fernando Rey de España is a Spanish mission in the Mission Hills community of Los Angeles, California. The mission was founded on 8 September 1797 at the site of Achooykomenga, and was the seventeenth of the twenty-one Spanish missions established in Alta California.

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