A small Hachmann mortar made for Hanrich Katryn Bats - image-1
A small Hachmann mortar made for Hanrich Katryn Bats - image-2
A small Hachmann mortar made for Hanrich Katryn Bats - image-1A small Hachmann mortar made for Hanrich Katryn Bats - image-2

Lot 568 Dα

A small Hachmann mortar made for Hanrich Katryn Bats

Auction 1152 - overview Cologne
29.05.2020, 11:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection II
Estimate: 1.000 € - 2.000 €
Result: 1.875 € (incl. premium)

A small Hachmann mortar made for Hanrich Katryn Bats

Cast bronze with chocolate brown patina. The display side decorated with winged demi-figures supporting a shield with a house mark. A broad band below the rim inscribed in Gothic minuscule: "hanrich bats katryn syn housfrouw", dated in majuscule to the base: "ANNO DOMINI M VC LXXVIII". With signs of wear and a small horizontal crack above the base on the reverse. H 13, D 12.5 cm. Weight c. 2.5 kg.
Cleves, Hachmann workshop, attributed to Wilhelm Hachmann, 1578.