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Hand bell

Flanders
1571
Object Place: Europe, Flanders

Medium/Technique Metal; bronze
Dimensions 12.7 cm (5 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wallraf
Accession Number59.558
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsMetalwork

DescriptionOrpheus playing to the animals amid scrolls between lettered bands: OMATER DEI MEMENTO MEI at top, PETRVS GHEINEVS ME FECIT 1571 at rim. Handle formed of two addorsed putti, masks between their heads.
Provenance1959, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wallraf, London, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 17, 1959)