Lot 541
A large bronze mortar with dolphin handles, workshop of George Schellener, Bolzano, ca. 1660/70
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Description
Bronze with a light age patina. Cylindrical body with bold band mouldings and a widely flared Lippe. Two handles in the shape of stylised dolphins on the sides. On both sides a small emblem cartouche with a helmeted emblem of “Juliana de Silverster Rossi”. One cartouche with a repair in pewter. Together with a non-matching double-ended pestle. Height and diameter of the mortar each 18.5 cm, length of the pestle 27 cm. The bell and cannon founder Georg Schellener took over the foundry Workshop of his deceased brother Hans Schellener in Bozen in 1655 and died in 1679. Comparable pieces from the Workshop of Georg Schellener can be found, among others, in the Sammlung Jena in Essen.Condition: II - Questions about the lot?
