A LARGE BRONZE MORTAR

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A LARGE BRONZE MORTAR
BY JOHANN HEINRICH SCHEEL, NORTH GERMAN, CIRCA 1738

With slightly everted rim, the side handles formed as the heads of beasts, inscribed in raised letters AD USUS OFFINALES ME PARARI CURAVIT IOHANN PETRUS NALLINGER PRAESID RECII GRYPHISWALD PHARMACOPE: AO= MDCCXXXVIII and FUDIT ME SEDINI IOHANN HEINRICH SCHEEL, also inscribed CLXXIII----- 14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm.) high