CIRCA 1532

Details

A large Netherlandish mortar
CIRCA 1532
With two angular handles, decorated with extensive Gothic writing and floral motifs, dated 1532
18.5 cm. high

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Lot Essay

A comparable mortar with the same frieze motif and similar angular handles is illustrated on the cover of the 1953 edition of Dr Wittop Koning's Nederlandse Vijzels. The Wittop koning mortar is attributed to the Zutphen brass founder Segewin Hatiseren.
Dr D.A. Wittop Koning Nederlandse Vijzels, Deventer 1953, pp. 57-59 & 63.

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