A LARGE DUTCH BRONZE MORTAR

JAN ALBERT DE GRAVE, AMSTERDAM, CIRCA 1729

Details

A LARGE DUTCH BRONZE MORTAR
JAN ALBERT DE GRAVE, AMSTERDAM, CIRCA 1729
The flaring rim inscribed ME FECIT IAN ALBERT DE GRAVE AMSTELODAMI ANNO 1729 above a plain ribbed body; with a later pestle
33 cm. high x 42 cm. diam. (2)

Provenance

Apotheek Ennema, Apeldoorn.

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Lot Essay

Jan Albert de Grave succeeded his father as city-bell maker of Amsterdam. De Grave is recorded as citizen of Amsterdam in 1700. He died in 1729 making this mortar one the last produced.
Wittop Koning mentions this mortar, Wittop Koning I, p. 32 (WK II, p. 41).

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