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THBFrench Cast Bronze Bell, 1860s
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LiveFeb 21, 2015 - Feb 22, 2015
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French Cast Bronze Bell, 1860s
French, late 1860s. A cast bronze bell manufactured by Amédée-Philippe Borrel for Jean Bernadotte, the owner of a textile dyeing company in Suresnes, near Paris, and his business partners, Léon Blanchard, Baptiste Meillasson, and André Mounier-Pouthot. The following is written on the bell: Fabriqué par Borrel pour la société -- Sous le beau règne de Napoléon III -- Bernadotte né à Pau -- Bernadotte Fils né à Paris -- Léon Blanchard né à Limoges -- Mounier-Pouthot né à Bénévent-l'Abbaye Creuse -- Baptiste Meillasson -- Dirigé par -- L'architect Hippolyte Duttenhofer né à Paris -- A Suresnes rue du roi de Suède. Trans. "Made by Borrel for the company -- Under the beautiful reign of Napoleon the 3rd -- Bernadotte born in Pau -- Bernadotte Son born in Paris -- Leon Blanchard born in Limoges -- Mounier-Pouthot born in Benevent-L'Abbaye Creuse -- Baptiste Meillasson -- Conducted by -- The architect Hippolyte Duttenhofer born in Paris -- In Suresnes on the King of Sweden street." Ht. 21 in.
The bell was found in a barn on Darby Dan Farm, Galloway, Ohio. Originally owned by Jean Bernadotte and his partners, the bell successively became the property of two other French entrepreneurs: Maurice Schwob, who purchased the company in Suresnes at the end of the 1890s, and Marcel Boussac, who probably acquired it during the 1920s. In addition to being a highly successful businessman in the textile industry, Boussac was also an avid race horse breeder, and in 1931, he sent one of his most acclaimed Thoroughbred broodmares, La Troienne, to Idle Hour Stock Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. Idle Hour Stock Farm was purchased in 1949 by John W. Galbreath, the founder and owner of Darby Dan Farm. Most likely, the bell was sent to Kentucky as a gift along with La Troienne, before Galbreath eventually brought it to Galloway, where it was discovered.
Provenance: From Darby Dan Farm, Galloway, OhioRough rim at bottom; patina.Condition
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