Victorian Shop Counter Bell

Very well cast solid brass Victorian Shop Countter Bell with good clear kite mark on bell and base dating it to 1880. It rings well and is marked with maker's initials W T & S: 

WT&S, of William Tonks & Sons,  3, Hill Street, woodscrew maker (S1770) then 43 Deritend, steel toy maker (PR1780), Cheapside, Birmingham,  then 201, Moseley Street, Birmingham making cast and wrought brass products.

Manufacturer of architectural hardwareThe Tonks family surname is the lists of Birmingham brassfounders before the 1800s.  This bell has the older sunburst with the face in the centre confirming this date.

Although the bell says 1913 on the inderside that is not a date but just the pattern number.