A historic bell in the Museum's collection
On February 10, 2026 our Museum hosted a presentation of an 18th-century bell, which enriched our collection in 2025.
The object was cast in 1730 in the foundry of the Leszno master Stephan Werner and is a unique example of a clock bell – without a heart, the sound of which was obtained by hitting the clock's mechanical hammer on the bowl. A devotional inscription has been preserved on its surface, including the invocation IHS MARYA, which suggests that the bell was commissioned by one of the Catholic parishes on the Greater Poland-Silesia border.
The program of the event included lectures by experts: Dr. Marceli Tureczek, Professor of the University of Zielona Góra, an expert of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, who talked about bell making in Leszno and on the Greater Poland-Silesian border, and Małgorzata Gniazdowska, M.A., who presented the profile of Leszno bell maker Stephan Werner on the basis of a posthumous inventory from 1777.
We would like to thank everyone who took part in the event. We are glad that we could learn about the history of this unique facility together and share our knowledge about local artistic craftsmanship.
The object was cast in 1730 in the foundry of the Leszno master Stephan Werner and is a unique example of a clock bell – without a heart, the sound of which was obtained by hitting the clock's mechanical hammer on the bowl. A devotional inscription has been preserved on its surface, including the invocation IHS MARYA, which suggests that the bell was commissioned by one of the Catholic parishes on the Greater Poland-Silesia border.
The program of the event included lectures by experts: Dr. Marceli Tureczek, Professor of the University of Zielona Góra, an expert of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, who talked about bell making in Leszno and on the Greater Poland-Silesian border, and Małgorzata Gniazdowska, M.A., who presented the profile of Leszno bell maker Stephan Werner on the basis of a posthumous inventory from 1777.
We would like to thank everyone who took part in the event. We are glad that we could learn about the history of this unique facility together and share our knowledge about local artistic craftsmanship.
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