Table bell with Orpheus and inscription, The object consists of three parts: the bronze bell-shaped bell with the handle, the iron eye, the iron clapper. On the lower edge of the bell the inscription SVVM CVIQVE PVLCHRUM 1544. The figuration consists of an Orpheus playing on a fiddle and on the left a bear, a monkey, a lion and on the right a wolf, a making monkey, a rabbit, a swan, deer, a stork and a horse. In addition, the inscription OMATER DEI MEMENTO MAY. The handle is formed by three putti., Orpheus playing the lyre: trees and rocks move, beasts and birds are enchanted, anonymous


Table bell with Orpheus and inscription, The object consists of three parts: the bronze bell-shaped bell with the handle, the iron eye, the iron clapper. On the lower edge of the bell the inscription SVVM CVIQVE PVLCHRUM 1544. The figuration consists of an Orpheus playing on a fiddle and on the left a bear, a monkey, a lion and on the right a wolf, a making monkey, a rabbit, a swan, deer, a stork and a horse. In addition, the inscription OMATER DEI MEMENTO MAY. The handle is formed by three putti., Orpheus playing the lyre: trees and rocks move, beasts and birds are enchanted, anonymous, Mechelen, 1544, bronze (metal), iron (metal), founding, h cm × d cm


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