A NORTH ITALIAN BELL-METAL AND MARBLE GONG, with an acanthus-cast finial above a semi-spherical gong cast with repeating foliate borders and five oval cartouches, four enclosing bearded masks, and the fifth with the inscription PREMIATA/FONDERIA/DE POLI/IN/VITTORIO, above a quadripartite wrought-iron support, on a spreading circular marble base carved with four rosettes, with a hinged iron handle to each side (chips to marble base), 19th or 20th Century