Bronze bell with body outlined with fillets bearing an inscription on two registers IE SVIS A GASPARD ERARD LE †/ GRIS CHER MARQVIS DE MONTREVIL (I am to Gaspard Erard le Gris Marquis de Montreuil) and dated 1659. Three-lobed openwork handle. Middle of the XVIIth century, 1659 Height : 26,5 cm (small accidents on the edge) Gaspard Erard le Gris (†1684) was the son of Gaspard Erard Lord of Cisay Marquis of Montreuil and Echauffour and Adrienne le Gris.

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