Watch bell recovered from the Mary Rose. Photo June 2000.
The info card reads:
This cast bronze watch bell, found beneath the aftercastle in June 1982, was one of the last objects to be raised from the Mary Rose. The inscription, in Flemish, reads: IC BEN GHEGOTEN INT YAER MCCCCCX – It was cast in the year 1510 (the year before the ship was launched). Close by, the remains of a wooden bell hanger were recovered. The clapper would have been made of iron but it did not survive.
The bell was probably made by Peter van den Ghein I of Mechlin who cast bells for Iona Cathedral and Peterhouse, Cambridge.
