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Lot 1050 Dα

A Netherlandish mortar with a romantic inscription

Auction 1131 - overview Cologne
17.05.2019, 17:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection
Estimate: 500 € - 1.000 €
Result: 1.116 € (incl. premium)

A Netherlandish mortar with a romantic inscription

Cast bronze with golden brown natural patina. With two bands of ornament: Winged figures and vases below and flowerheads above. A banderole around the rim inscribed and dated "LIEFTE VERWINDT AL DINCK AO 1598". H 13.1, D 15 cm. Weight 3.3 kg. Including a later pestle.
Deventer, Wegewart foundry, attributed to Hendrick Wegewart sr. or jr., 1598.

Literature

Cf. Wittop Koning, Nederlandse vijzels, 1989, p. 49, illus. 45, 47.