Table bell with inscription: ME FECIT PER IOHAN DE FINE Ao 1544 etc, The object consists of three parts: the bell-shaped bell with the handle, the iron eye and the iron clapper. On the lower edge of the bell the inscription: ME FECIT PER IOHAN DE FINE Ao 1544. Above, on the front and back, two medallions formed by wreaths, one showing the heads of a woman and a man with laurel wreath and the other showing a man's head. The wreaths are held up by one hand by putti, who point to high Renaissance vases with the other hand. Above the medallions and the two vases are ram heads, which are connected to each other by garlands. In between the inscription LOFSI GODT VAN AL. The top of the bell has been profiled. The handle is decorated with three acanthus leaves against a granulated background, ornament, festoon, garland, cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti', ram's head, Johan van den Eynde, Mechelen, 1544, bronze (metal), iron (metal), granulation, h 12.6 cm × d 8.4 cm
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Table bell, inscription, ME FECIT PER IOHAN DE FINE Ao 1544 etc, object consists, three parts, bell-shaped bell, handle, iron eye, iron clapper, lower edge, bell, ME FECIT PER IOHAN DE FINE Ao 1544, front, back, two medallions formed, wreaths, showing, heads, woman, man, laurel wreath, man's head, held up, hand, putti, point, high Renaissance vases, medallions, two vases, ram heads, connected, garlands, inscription LOFSI GODT VAN AL, top, profiled, decorated, three acanthus leaves, granulated background, ornament, festoon, garland, cupids, amores, amoretti, ram's head, Johan van den Eynde, Mechelen, 1544, bronze, metal, iron, granulation
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