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541 - A large bronze mortar with dolphin handles, from the workshop of George Schellener, Bolzano, ca. 1660/70
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A large bronze mortar with dolphin handles, from the workshop of George Schellener, Bolzano, ca. 1660/70 Bronze with a light patina of age. Cylindrical body with bold banding and a widely flared rim. Two handles on the sides in the shape of stylized dolphins. On both sides, a small coat-of-arms cartouche bearing the helmeted coat of arms of “Juliana de Silverster Rossi.” One cartouche has a repair patch made of tin. Includes a double-sided pestle that is not part of the original set. Height and diameter of the mortar are each 18.5 cm; length of the pestle is 27 cm. The bell and cannon founder Georg Schellener took over his late brother Hans Schellener’s foundry in Bolzano in 1655; he died in 1679. Comparable pieces from Georg Schellener’s workshop are found, among other places, in the Jena Collection in Essen. Condition: II -
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