BY HENRICUS VESTRINCK, KAMPEN CIRCA 1650

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A Dutch bronze mortar
BY HENRICUS VESTRINCK, KAMPEN CIRCA 1650
Decorated with birds and floral ornaments, signed "Henricus Vestrinck fecit Kampis AO 1650"
19 cm. high, 24 cm. diam.

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Lot Essay

The frieze decor on the present mortar is described by Wittop Koning as Lopende ranken met roosjes en vogels. It was used by Henricus Vestrinck, Kampen; The Ouderogge family, Rotterdam and Jurriaan Baltazar, Leeuwarden.
Dr D.A. Wittop Koning, Nederlandse Vijzels, Weert, 1989, pp. 19 and 74.

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