Lot 419

FLEMISH GILT BRONZE TABLE BELL, BY PETRUS GHEINEUS, MESCHELN
DATED 1577

Auction: 5 February 2020 at 10:00 GMT
£3,500
Description
the putti-form handle above a scene of Orpheus playing to animals amid scrolls between lettered bands OMATER DE MEMENTO MEI, and PETRVS GHEINEVS ME FECIT 1577
Dimensions
14cm high
Footnote
Note: An ungilded example of this bell, dated 1571, is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
