Hand bell
date: label: Date
content: 1572
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. The handle consists of birds with woman heads, with scrolls below, rows of columns, and leaves above. The main field of the body is decorated with two kneeling angels supporting an oval representation of the Virgin with the Child, above it is a cherub. Rinceaux are at the sides. The framing moulding is curved above the cherub. Below the representation is a tablet with "S.D.G." Below is a band with "DOMINI M D L X X I I."
place: label: made in
content: Italy
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1938-88-7941
objectType: label: Type
content: tableware designs
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen, sepia and red-brown watercolor on brown-grey paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 17.5 x 12.9 cm (6 7/8 x 5 1/16 in.)