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Lot 542 D α

An early Hachmann mortar made for Berndt Opterstraet and Margriet Markolfs

Auction 1174 - overview Cologne
04.06.2021, 10:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection III
Estimate: 3.000 € - 3.500 €
Result: 4.500 € (incl. premium)
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An early Hachmann mortar made for Berndt Opterstraet and Margriet Markolfs

Golden brown cast bronze with honey coloured natural patina. Decorated on the display side with a vacant coat-of-arms supported by two winged demi-figures. With two broad overlapping banderoles below the rim inscribed in Latin capital letters: “BERNDT OPTERSTRAET MARGRIET MARKOLFS” and “SIN HVISFROVW ANNO XVC L”. With two zoomorphic handles. A horizontal crack along the front, some small cracks around the base of the right handle, minor abrasions. H 12, D 13.2 cm, weight c. 2.6 kg.
Attributed to the Hachmann workshop, Albert Hachmann, Cleves, 1550.

Literature

Illustrated in Dubbe, Die Mörsersammlung Ernst Genz, Maxhöhe 1993, no. 155.