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Lot 1042 Dα

A dated Hachmann mortar with romantic inscription

Auction 1131 - overview Cologne
17.05.2019, 17:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 3.720 € (incl. premium)

A dated Hachmann mortar with romantic inscription

Cast bronze with honey coloured natural patina. Decorated with a pair of winged half-figures supporting a vacant shield avers, and a depiction of the Veil of Veronica flanked by two putti to the reverse. Inscribed in Gothic minuscule below the rim "wilhelm hoch lybet syn huisfrouw", and around the base "ANNO DOMINI MVCLXXVII". H 14.3, D 13.8 cm. Weight 3.8 kg.
Cleves, Hachmann foundry, attributed to Wilhelm Hachmann, 1567.