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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)