Lot Essay
Item 1. Edmond Launert, Der Mörser Geschichte und Erscheinungsbild Eines Apothekengerätes, Callwey, München 1990. Comparison can be made with a mortar illustrated page 187, plate 203.
Details
A French bronze mortar
16th century
The body cast with horn-blowing satyrs, with twin ribbed handles
5 3/8in. (13.6cm.) diameter, 4¼in. (10.8cm.) high
another French bronze mortar, possibly 16th century -- 4 1/8in. (10.5cm.) dia.; two further French bronze mortars, possibly 16th century -- 5¼in. (13.3cm.) and 4¾in. (12cm.) dia. respectively; and a Continental bronze mortar, possibly French, late 16th century -- 3in. (7.6cm.) high (5)
16th century
The body cast with horn-blowing satyrs, with twin ribbed handles
5 3/8in. (13.6cm.) diameter, 4¼in. (10.8cm.) high
another French bronze mortar, possibly 16th century -- 4 1/8in. (10.5cm.) dia.; two further French bronze mortars, possibly 16th century -- 5¼in. (13.3cm.) and 4¾in. (12cm.) dia. respectively; and a Continental bronze mortar, possibly French, late 16th century -- 3in. (7.6cm.) high (5)
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