BY GERRIT SCHIMMEL, DATED 1664

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A Dutch bronze mortar
By Gerrit Schimmel, dated 1664
The rim inscribed and dated GERRIT SCHIMMEL ME FECIT ANNO 1664, the body with two bands of arabesques and grotesques respectively
7 1/8in. (17.9cm.) diameter; 5 13/16in. (14.8cm.) high;
and a bronze pestle, 17th century -- 8¾in. (22.2cm.) long (2)

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Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Dr D.A. Wittop Koning, Nederlandse Vijzels Deventer 1953. Koning lists several mortars attributed to Schimmel between 1664 and 1697, pages 42, 43 and 44. See figures 24 and 25, for other mortars by this founder.

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