Mission Bell GALLERIEs

Have collected and sold hundreds of antique and vintage mission style bells over the past 20 years. For your reference, below are galleries of a few of the bells I had in the past which have been passed on to new caretakers.

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Antique Spanish Colonial Mission Bronze Bell 3a.jpg
DELP Bell 1c.jpg
1818 Mission Bell d.jpg
Antique Spanish Colonial Mission Bronze Bell 6d.jpg
Mission Bell 1811 1c.jpg
Mission Bell 1811 1d.jpg
Antique Spanish Colonial Mission Bronze Bell 4c.jpg
Spanish Colonial Mission Bell 10b.jpg
Mission Bell, 6,5 Floral 1d.jpg
10%22 Spanish Colonial Mission Bell 1a.jpg
Antique Spanish Colonial Mission Bronze Bell 1b.jpg
7%22 Mission Bell, Virgin 1f.jpg
DELP Bell 1a.jpg
Antique Spanish Colonial Mission Bronze Bell 6c.jpg
6%22 1818 Spanish Colonial Bell 1a.jpg
6%22 1818 Spanish Colonial Bell 1d.jpg
6%22 1818 Spanish Colonial Bell 1e.jpg
Mission Bells, 8 1:2%22 1811 1e.jpg
10.5%22 1810 Spanish Colonial Bell, 1b.jpg
10.5%22 1810 Spanish Colonial Bell, 1c.jpg
10.5%22 1810 Spanish Colonial Bell, 1d.jpg
10%22 1818 Spanish Colonial Bell, 1b.jpg
Antique Spanish Colonial Mission Bronze Bell Chime 1a.jpg
Antique Mission Bell For Sale, 1810 1f.jpg
Antique Spanish Colonial Mission Bronze Bell Chime 1c.jpg
9%22 1888 Antique Spanish Colonial Mission Bronze Bell 2e.jpg
9%22 Antique 1818 Bronze Mission Bell 2b.jpg
9%22 Antique 1810 Bronze Mission Bell 1g.jpg
9%22 Antique 1810 Bronze Mission Bell 1f.jpg
11.25%22 Mission Bell b.jpg
11.25%22 Mission Bell d.jpg
11.25%22 Mission Bell g.jpg
8%22 1811 Mission Bell 1e.jpg
8%22 1811 Mission Bell 1b.jpg
8%22 1810 Mission Bell 1b.jpg
8%22 1810 Mission Bell 1d.jpg
1810 Virgin de Guadalupe Mission Bell c.jpg
Mission Bell, 6,75 1818 Spanish Cross 1b.jpg
7%22 Mission Bell, Virgin 1d.jpg
12%22 1810 Mission Bell 1c.jpg
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la colección poética

Handcrafted bronze bells cast in 1950s’ Mexico, each a stunning example of rustic Spanish Colonial style. These unique art pieces are meticulously crafted, with their ornate surface designs created by pressing found objects into the walls of the sand mold. This artisanal process ensures that each bell is one-of-a-kind; once the bell is extracted, it destroys the mold, making every bell a distinctive treasure.

Mission San Gabriel Bell, Forbes Display 3b.jpg
Antique Mission Bell, Forbes San Jaun Capistrano 1a.jpg
Forbes Mission Bell Door Knocker 1a.jpg
Vintage Bronze Mission Bell, Forbes, San Luis Rey 1a.jpg
FORBES BRONZE MISSION BELL 1a.jpg
Bronze Forbes Mission Bells 1a copy.jpg
Antique Panama California Exposition Mission Inn Bell Display 1a.jpg
Antique Mission Inn Souvenir Bell, Forbes 1a.jpg
San Gabriel Mission Bell, Forbes Display 1b.jpg
Vintage Bronze Mission Bell, Forbes, Santa Barbara 1a.jpg
Antique Vintage San Gabriel Mission Bell, Forbes Display 2a.jpg
Antique Mission Bell, San Juan Capistrano Forbes Swallow 2b.jpg
FORBES BRONZE MISSION BELL 1a.jpg
Antique Forbes Mission San Gabriel Bell Door Knocker 1a.jpg
Mission San Gabriel Bell, Forbes Display 1a.jpg
Antique Mission Bell, San Miguel Forbes 1.jpg
Antique Mission San Gabriel Bell Souvenir Display 1a.jpg
Mission San Gabriel Bell, Forbes Display 2a.jpg
Antique Forbes Mission San Gabriel Bell Angelus Door Knocker 1a.jpg
1915 Antique Panama California Exposition Mission Bell El Camino Real Souvenir Display 2a.jpg
Antique Mission Bell, San Juan Capistrano Forbes 1a.jpg
El Camino Real Souvenir Mission Bell Guidepost, 1a.jpg
Vintage Bronze Mission Bell, Forbes, San Gabriel 1a.jpg
Mission San Gabriel Bell, Forbes Display 4a.jpg
Vintage Bronze Mission Bell, Forbes, San Gabriel 2a.jpg

Antique Mission Bell Replicas

Mrs. A. S. C. Forbes (May 6, 1861 – September 18, 1951), was an American historical preservationist, journalist, and author, best known for her efforts to preserve and promote California's El Camino Real and the old Spanish missions which it connected. She was for many years director of the Historical Society of Southern California. In the early 1900s, she established a foundry, and in addition to El Camino Real bells, miniature mission bell replicas were created. Forbes visited many of the missions and sketched what she could see of the bells hanging in the towers, replicating them in miniature in her foundry. Here is a gallery of a few of the mission-related pieces she created that I had in the past.