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Project: A Hand Bell
1800–1850
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Vertical rectangle. The handle consists of birds with woman heads, with scrolls below, rows of blossoms, and leaves above. The main field of the body is decorated with two kneeling angels supporting an oval representation of the Virgin with the Child, above it is a cherub. Below the representation is a tablet with "S.D.G." Below is a band with "DOMINI M D L X X I I."
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Details
- Title: Project: A Hand Bell
- Date Created: 1800–1850
- Location Created: Europe
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Pen, sepia, red-brown watercolor on brown-grey paper
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
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