Table Bell decorated with a lion hunt

Details

• Title

  Table Bell decorated with a lion hunt

• Associated place

  Europe › Belgium › Flanders (probable) (probable place of creation)

• Date

  1544

• Material and technique

  bell metal (bronze related alloy with a high proportion of tin)

• Object type

  performance arts › music equipment › musical instrument › bell › hand-bell

• Dimensions

  13.3 cm (height)
  5.6 cm of putti forming the handle, from toes to top of head (height)
  8.4 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by C. D. E. Fortnum, 1899.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Western Art

• Accession no.

  WA1899.CDEF.B1130

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