2-888-664 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Bell of the Corporation of Rye, 1850. '... a curious old Bell...It is 5½ inches high, and bears some grotesque figures and scroll-work. Upper inscription, "Mater Dei, memento mei"; lower, "Petrus Gheinevs me fecit, 1566".' [Mother of God, remember. Petrus Gheineus made me, 1566]. Handle in the form of putti, above a scene of Orpheus playing to animals. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.