Lot 28
28
A METAL BELL

Details
A METAL BELL
DUTCH, DATED 1558

Suspended by a six loop attachment, cast with gothic lettering including IHS and MDLVIII, decorated with images of St. George and the Dragon, the Madonna and Child and the Crucifixion, with the original iron clapper and a wooden yoke for suspension
21¼in. (54cm.) high, 21¼in. (54cm.) diameter
Literature

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
O.ter Kuile, Koper & Brons, Amsterdam, 1986, nos. 312A-314, pp. 224-25.

This bell, with its Gothic label lettering giving an inscription (whose meaning is unclear), is similar in shape and decoration to three Dutch church bells ranging in date from 1453-1549.