Design for a Hand Bell in Neo-Renaissance Style
date: label: Date
content: 1825
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: On a sheet of Chailleat's drawing book. The handle consists of volutes, with the heads up children above. Below, in the interval, are masks. On top is a ring, The main part of the body is decorated with a frieze with the papal coat of arms of the Revere (the only pope, theoretically possible, would be Innocent IX, 1591) above a tablet and between two standing angels. The framing molding above it resembles two cornices of a pediment, with a shell on top. Two men, sitting, lean against the cornices.
place: label: made in
content: Europe
label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-2228
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and wash, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 17 × 12.7 cm (6 11/16 in. × 5 in.)