BY JURRIAN BALTAZAR, DATED 1660

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A Dutch bronze mortar
By Jurrian Baltazar, dated 1660
The rim with inscription IURIEN BALTHASAR HEFT MY GHEGOOTEN. Ao.1660, the body cast with two bands of ornament, the upper with crocketed decoration, the lower band with grotesques and tulips
10in. (25.4cm.) diameter; 8¼in. (21cm.) high;
and an associated bronze double ended pestle, 18th century -- 13¼in. (33.5cm.) long (2)

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Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Dr D.A. Wittop Koning, Nederlandse Vijzels, Deventer 1953. Pages 50 and 94. Konig records a smaller mortar signed Julien Baltazar, bearing the same date 1660.

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