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Lot 557 Dα

An early Hachmann mortar with an inscription

Auction 1174 - overview Cologne
04.06.2021, 10:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection III
Estimate: 3.000 € - 3.500 €
Result: 3.375 € (incl. premium)
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An early Hachmann mortar with an inscription

Golden brown cast bronze with chocolate brown patina. The display side decorated with a vacant coat-of-arms supported by winged demi-figures. With two wide banderoles below the rim and above the base inscribed in Gothic minuscule: “anno domini m ccccc lxi” and “nu wals got al tit”. With two zoomorphic handles. A small casting flaw to the front of the base. H 12.6, D 13 cm, weight c. 3 kg.
Attributed to the Hachmann workshop, Albert Hachmann, Cleves, 1561.

Literature

Cf. the inscription described in Koning, Nederlandse vijzels, Weert 1989, p. 25.