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dc.contributor.otherWhitechapel Foundryen_ZA
dc.contributor.otherMears (Firm)en_ZA
dc.coverage.spatialOuteniqualand, George (South Africa)en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-04T13:33:09Z
dc.date.available2024-07-04T13:33:09Z
dc.date.created1957
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.2/21282
dc.description.abstractThe Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk Outeniqualand, dating from 1950, close to George has a rather high tower containing a bell. There are two pairs of moulding wires below the shoulder, three above the knee and two on the lip. On the waist one finds above a small emblem of the founder the text: CAST FOR WILL. W. KEAY & SON, CAPE TOWN. This is followed by: 19 (emblem) 57. On the reverse side we find a bit of information on the bell in the form of a paint that was put on the bell prior to its shipping to Cape Town. M & S CAPE TOWN No 15? GROSS WT 5-1-4. The emblem refers to members of the family Hughes that worked in the Whitechapel Foundry that was started in 1570. The family Mears got involved in 1844. The emblem is a circle in which figure three bells. A large bell stands in the middle of the seal and is surmounted by a crown. On the left of the bell stands AA/H (for Albert A. Hughes) in two layers, on the right WA/H (for William A. Hughes) also in two layers. Below the large bell stands DH (for Douglas Hughes) in between two smaller bells. The Hughes family got involved in the company in 1904. The three mentioned founders from the family worked together over the period 1950 until 1964. What we know about William Keay is that he specialized in diamonds and jewellery, tower clocks and bells. He calls himself a scientific watchmaker and clockmaker. He ordered hour bells for the clocks at other foundries. The many locations in the Western Cape that were helped during the period 1950-65 had their bells made at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. In the sixties of last century, the agent switched to Petit & Edelbrock in Germany.en_ZA
dc.format.extent7 colour photographs
dc.format.extent1 spreadsheet
dc.format.mediumPhotographs
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dc.subjectBells -- South Africa -- Historyen_ZA
dc.subjectOuteniqualand, George (South Africa) -- Bellsen_ZA
dc.subjectWhitechapel Bell Foundryen_ZA
dc.subjectHughes, Albert, A.en_ZA
dc.subjectHughes, William, A.en_ZA
dc.subjectHughes, Douglasen_ZA
dc.subjectKeay, William, W.en_ZA
dc.subjectWill. W. Keay & Son, Cape Townen_ZA
dc.subjectPetit & Edelbrock, Germanyen_ZA
dc.subjectMears (Firm)en_ZA
dc.titleGeorge, Outeniqualand, Dutch Reformed Churchen_ZA
dc.title.alternativeDutch Reformed Church, Outeniqualand, George (Eden District)en_ZA
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dc.rights.holderStellenbosch Universityen_ZA


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