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| Keywords: Italian - Hand Bell with Two Shields - Walters 54208.jpg This ornate bronze hand bell could be used to summon servants The making of bells--small 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; this produced a metal that was more brittle and therefore more difficult to cast Hand bells were often ornamented with motifs characteristic of a specific workshop They could be personalized by adding the family's coat of arms to a prepared empty shield Here the two shields bear a millwheel the emblem of the noble Venetian family Molini meaning miller between 1540 1580 Renaissance bronze cm 14 4 9 5 h x diam accession number 54 208 8532 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Brescia Italy Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review | ||||
