Lot 30
30
A BRONZE MORTAR

Details
A BRONZE MORTAR
DUTCH, DATED 1657, CAST BY ANTONI WILKES

Of baluster shape, with dolphin-shaped handles above a band inscribed 'ANTONY.WILKES.1657', with ornamental frieze separated by harpies
5¼in. (13.3cm.) high, with double baluster pestle
8¾in. (22.3cm.) long

Lot Essay

See Dr. D.A. Wittopkonig, Nederlandse Vijzels, Amsterdam, 1953, p. 47, pl. 6, 29 and 30 and O. ter Kuile, Koper & Brons, Amsterdam, 1986, pp. 212, 213, cat. no. 295 for similar mortars by this caster who worked in The Hague and Enkhuizen in the second half of the 17th century.