Hand Bell with Two Shields
This ornate bronze hand bell could be used to summon servants. The making of bells--mall ones, as well as large ones for bell towers--was a specialized craft. To produce a bell with a pleasing sound required an alloy with more tin and less copper than that used for statuary; t...
Artifact
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8532
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contentType
object
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normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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1
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import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.208_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.208_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.208 |