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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 244064, member: 44"]Terry, it may be J.N. Goff and Amiel Abel?? Their mark was originally G. & A. and then it appears others joined them with the mark changing to G.A. & W, G.A. & B and possibly to G.A. & Co. I found their name on the <i>Classic Bells</i> website.</p><p><a href="https://classicbells.com/info/bellMakers.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://classicbells.com/info/bellMakers.html" rel="nofollow">https://classicbells.com/info/bellMakers.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This company/site specializes in restoring bells and the leather used on horses such as petal bells, sleight bells, etc... In 2007 I had them restore an 1890-c1900 set of brass traditional hip/rump strap with 2 sizes of Swedish "Improved" bells that were used in the early days of a great uncle's dairy business, F. B. Mallory Inc., in Springfield, MA. The leather was brittle and falling apart and the bells were literally black and full of green and black junk. They cleaned up the bells and remounted them on leather. They were able to save the buckle which they added to the strap. Something like this:</p><p><a href="https://classicbells.com/prodimages/clasBell/Rump4bG1.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://classicbells.com/prodimages/clasBell/Rump4bG1.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://classicbells.com/prodimages/clasBell/Rump4bG1.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 244064, member: 44"]Terry, it may be J.N. Goff and Amiel Abel?? Their mark was originally G. & A. and then it appears others joined them with the mark changing to G.A. & W, G.A. & B and possibly to G.A. & Co. I found their name on the [I]Classic Bells[/I] website. [URL]https://classicbells.com/info/bellMakers.html[/URL] This company/site specializes in restoring bells and the leather used on horses such as petal bells, sleight bells, etc... In 2007 I had them restore an 1890-c1900 set of brass traditional hip/rump strap with 2 sizes of Swedish "Improved" bells that were used in the early days of a great uncle's dairy business, F. B. Mallory Inc., in Springfield, MA. The leather was brittle and falling apart and the bells were literally black and full of green and black junk. They cleaned up the bells and remounted them on leather. They were able to save the buckle which they added to the strap. Something like this: [URL]https://classicbells.com/prodimages/clasBell/Rump4bG1.jpg[/URL] --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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