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A LARGE DUTCH BRONZE MORTAR
Lot 244

A LARGE DUTCH BRONZE MORTAR

JAN ALBERT DE GRAVE, AMSTERDAM, CIRCA 1729

Fermé22 September 2010

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EUR 16,250

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A LARGE DUTCH BRONZE MORTAR
JAN ALBERT DE GRAVE, AMSTERDAM, CIRCA 1729
The flaring rim inscribed ME FECIT IAN ALBERT DE GRAVE AMSTELODAMI ANNO 1729 above a plain ribbed body; with a later pestle
33 cm. high x 42 cm. diam. (2)

Apotheek Ennema, Apeldoorn.

Note du spécialiste

Jan Albert de Grave succeeded his father as city-bell maker of Amsterdam. De Grave is recorded as citizen of Amsterdam in 1700. He died in 1729 making this mortar one the last produced.
Wittop Koning mentions this mortar, Wittop Koning I, p. 32 (WK II, p. 41).