Witzenberg, Ceres, Togryers Museum

Abstract

Ceres, Togryers Museum. The Togryers Museum in Ceres has two bells. 1. The first bell on display is small and undocumented. It doesn’t show any indication of its founder or of a founding date. Even when it is clearly made of copper, we do not expect it to be a ship’s bell because then there normally should be some reference to the ship. There is a thick moulding wire above the sound bow and a thin one on the it. 2. The second bell was originally hanging in the old Dutch Reformed Church that was built in 1881 but later replaced by the current building. It is satisfying to see that the bell has been given a second life as a display in the museum. The bell has fairly good sizes as one can expect from a church that serves a large area. It was impossible to make a sound recording of the bell as it was too heavy to lift it. Below the shoulder we read in between a pair of double moulding wires, James Barwell Founder Birmingham 1873, illustrating one of the few bells by this founder that carry a founding date. As further decorations we see three moulding wires above the sound bow and two more on the lip of the bell. Both bells are very well kept and have kept their yokes. Their presentation might be enhanced in a hanging position rather than in their current presentation on a rolling platform.