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A BELL METAL MORTAR
SCANDANAVIAN, DATED 1636
The tapering body cast with an armorial motif of lion rampant holding arrows, an inscription CHRISTOPH KRÖSLAPODE IN AMBERG MDCXXXVI between two friezes of acanthus leaves, with twin dolphin handles (traces of later paint)--16in. (41cm.) high
SCANDANAVIAN, DATED 1636
The tapering body cast with an armorial motif of lion rampant holding arrows, an inscription CHRISTOPH KRÖSLAPODE IN AMBERG MDCXXXVI between two friezes of acanthus leaves, with twin dolphin handles (traces of later paint)--16in. (41cm.) high