Live Auction 2827The Decorative Arts Sale
A DUTCH BRONZE MORTAR
Lot 131

A DUTCH BRONZE MORTAR

ATTRIBUTED TO WILLEM WEGEWART SR., DEVENTER, CIRCA 1590

Closed23 September 2009

Price Realised

EUR 4,750

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A DUTCH BRONZE MORTAR
ATTRIBUTED TO WILLEM WEGEWART SR., DEVENTER, CIRCA 1590
The frieze cast with inscription LOF GODT VAN ALL ANNO 1590, above a foliate frieze and a frieze with putti and chariots, angular handles to each side
8.5 cm. high x 9 cm. diam.

Specialist note

Dr Wittop Koning attributes a mortar with the same frieze to Willem Wegewart.
Cf. dr. Wittop Koning, Nederlandse Vijzels, Weert 1989, p. 48 pl. 34.