Silver Métal Froment Meurice Table Bell

Service bell in silver-plated metal in a multi-lobed shape, with chiseled decoration of leafy shells, decorated in its center with a coat of arms, surmounting a phylactery – “laedimur haud aura lethali” (The breath of death does not reach us) – ending by a fretel representing a pine cone.
the coat of arms is those of the Duc of Mouchy, Prince-Duc of Poix
19th century work.
20cm by 28cm
Goldsmith: : Emile Froment Meurice  (1837-1913)
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