ATTRIBUTED TO HENRICK WEGEWART JR., DEVENTER, CIRCA 1617

Details

A DUTCH BRONZE MORTAR
ATTRIBUTED TO HENRICK WEGEWART JR., DEVENTER, CIRCA 1617
The flaring rim with inscription AELTIEN IANS DIE GODT BEWART 1617, above a foliate cast body with dolphin's handles
13.2 cm. high; 14 cm. diam.

Literature

Wittop Koning, 1989, p. 52, cat. nr.5.

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Lot Essay

Dr. Wittop Koning attributes this mortar to Henrick Wegewart on the basis of similarities of frieze decorations to signed examples. Another example attributed to Henrick Wegewart, in Museum De Waag in Deventer, has comparable decorations to the frieze and comparable Dolphin's handles.

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