EUROPEAN, 15TH CENTURY AND LATER A COLLECTION OF BRONZE MORTARS A group of ten bronze mortars and four other bronze objects; a small ribbed bronze mortar, 15th century; the largest mortar bearing inscription 'HEINRICH TER HORS ME FECIT ANNO 1607', possibly 19th century, and with a bronze pestle; together with a Dutch brass mortar and pestle, late 17th Century; a German bronze mortar and pestle, 16th/17th Century; a Spanish circular bronze mortar, 16th Century, together with a wood pestle; a group of five Renaissance-style bronze mortars, probably 19th Century, variously cast with masks; a bronze cauldron, North European, 16th Century, the bulbous body with flaring rim and a later loop handle to the arm, on three legs; a bronze tripod skillet, North European, 17th Century, with flaring rim, on three legs, with later wood handle; a set of German bronze graduated weights, dated 1746, cased; and a bronze tap surmounted by a fan motif, 17th Century Mortars: 8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) diameter, the largest; 4 in. (10 cm.) diameter, the smallest Cauldron: 9 5/8 in. (24.8 cm.) diameter, the largest (18) Provenance Mortars: Christie's, London, 24 September 2003, lots 564-568 and Christie's, Amsterdam, 24 September 2003. Cauldrons: Christie's, Amsterdam, 24 September 2003, lot 263 (part lot).
EUROPEAN, 15TH CENTURY AND LATER A COLLECTION OF BRONZE MORTARS A group of ten bronze mortars and four other bronze objects; a small ribbed bronze mortar, 15th century; the largest mortar bearing inscription 'HEINRICH TER HORS ME FECIT ANNO 1607', possibly 19th century, and with a bronze pestle; together with a Dutch brass mortar and pestle, late 17th Century; a German bronze mortar and pestle, 16th/17th Century; a Spanish circular bronze mortar, 16th Century, together with a wood pestle; a group of five Renaissance-style bronze mortars, probably 19th Century, variously cast with masks; a bronze cauldron, North European, 16th Century, the bulbous body with flaring rim and a later loop handle to the arm, on three legs; a bronze tripod skillet, North European, 17th Century, with flaring rim, on three legs, with later wood handle; a set of German bronze graduated weights, dated 1746, cased; and a bronze tap surmounted by a fan motif, 17th Century Mortars: 8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) diameter, the largest; 4 in. (10 cm.) diameter, the smallest Cauldron: 9 5/8 in. (24.8 cm.) diameter, the largest (18) Provenance Mortars: Christie's, London, 24 September 2003, lots 564-568 and Christie's, Amsterdam, 24 September 2003. Cauldrons: Christie's, Amsterdam, 24 September 2003, lot 263 (part lot).
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