GOTHIC BRASS CHURCH BELL CIRCA 1900-1940 MADE IN ENGLAND

Description: THIS INTERESTING BELL IS FULL OF SYMBOLS. AN ANGEL AND A DRAGON AND THE WORDS IN LATIN: PELICANUS [PELICAN] LEO [LION] AQUILA [EAGLE] AND A BOS [LAMB]. THE ANGEL AND DRAGON REPRESENT GOD AND SATAN. PELICAN: ACCORDING TO LEGEND, THE PELICAN PIERCES ITS OWN BREAST TO FEED ITS YOUNG, THEREFORE GIVING ITS LIFE BLOOD TO SAVE ITS OWN. THIS REPRESENTS CHRISTS SACRIFICE ON THE CROSS. LAMB: INNOCENCE, GENTLENESS, PATIENCE, HUMILITY. THE LAMB SYMBOLIZES CHRIST IN HIS SACRIFICIAL ROLE. EAGLE: RESURRECTION, NEW LIFE, GENEROSITY, IT WAS ONCE BELIEVED THAT THE EAGLE PERIODICALLY RENEWED IT PLUMAGE BY FLYING NEAR THE SUN AND THEN PLUNGING INTO THE WATER REPRESENTING RESURRECTION. NEW LIFE IS SYMBOLIZED AS THE BAPTISMAL FONT AND THE CHRISTIAN BEING RENEWED. GENEROSITY IS SYMBOLIZED BY THE BELIEF THAT THE EAGLE ALWAYS LEFT HALF ITS PREY TO THE BIRDS THAT FOLLOWED. LION: STRENGTH, MAJESTY, COURAGE AND FORTITUDE. IT WAS ONCE BELIEVED THAT YOUNG LIONS ARE BORN DEAD BUT COME TO LIFE IN THREE DAYS AFTER BIRTH WHEN BREATHED UPON BY THEIR SIRE, THE LION HAS BECOME ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESURRECTION, AND THEREFORE IT IS THE SYMBOL OF CHRIST, THE LORD OF LIFE. PLEASE VIEW THE PICTURES CAREFULLY FOR THE CONDITION OF THE ITEM AS YOU WILL BE RECEIVING THE ITEM IN THE PICTURES ******PLEASE EMAIL ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR NEED MORE PICTURES YOU MIGHT HAVE PRIOR TO BUYING******I WILL BE MAILING YOU ITEM TO THE ADDR LISTED IN EBAY....PLEASE CHANGE THE ADDR IF YOU NEED TO PRIOR TO BUYING AS I WILL NOT CHANGE THE ADDR TO A DIFFERENT ONE IF IT DIFFERS WITH THE ADDR IN EBAYPLEASE BE ADVISED THAT DO TO THE USPS ISSUES IN THE US IN DELIVERING MAIL ON TIME,,,,, THERE MIGHT BE A SHORT TO LONG DELAY WHEN YOU PURCHASE AN ITEM.. REST ASSURED THE ITEM WILL BE SENT AND TRACKING UPLOADED WITHIN 3 BUSINESS DAYS intl buyers will have to pay for shipping

Price: 199.99 USD

Location: Indian Trail, North Carolina

End Time: 2025-01-24T15:31:53.000Z

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