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The Moscalia were an old, illustrious family in Vicenza and Verona, who obtained entry to the Nobile Consiglio in 1546. The context for which it has been made is unknown, but the appearance of personal arms perhaps suggests that it was used by the owner to call his servants.\r\nThis bell together with two others in the museum's collection (586-1865 & 470-1899) belong to a group related in shape and style to those produced in Verona by the Bonaventurini foundry.","physicalDescription":"The hand bell is decorated around the crown with shells and foliage. On the neck, ivy or (vine?) leaves. On the waist two bands of ornament, divided by a moulding wire: (i) bucrania with 'vitae hung with festoons supporting displayed birds. (ii) three identical coats of arms, surmounted by a helm, with a legend, supported by winged sea monsters. 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