Live Auction 2827The Decorative Arts Sale
A DUTCH BRONZE MORTAR
Lot 122

A DUTCH BRONZE MORTAR

CIRCA 1603, POSSIBLY BY HENDRICK WEGEWART JR, DEVENTER

Closed23 September 2009

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EUR 1,500

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A DUTCH BRONZE MORTAR
CIRCA 1603, POSSIBLY BY HENDRICK WEGEWART JR, DEVENTER
The frieze inscribed LOF GODT VAN AL Ao 1603, above a double acanthus scroll frieze with stylised dolphin handles
11 cm. high x 11 cm. diam.

Specialist note

The present mortar uses the same frieze ornaments and handles as one attributed to Henrick Wegewart by dr. Wittop Koning.
Cf dr. D.A. Wittop Koning Nederlandse Vijzels, Weert, 1989, pp. 51-53, plate 47.