Lot 750 D α

A pair of rare Italian bronze firework mortars

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €

A pair of rare Italian bronze firework mortars

Tapering bronze mortar with blackish brown patina. Each emblazoned on the display side with a figure of a kneeling saint (possibly Saint Silvester) beside cartouches with four letters and numbers. H 23 cm.
16th / 17th C.

Literature

Cf. a firework mortar dated 1531 by Endorfer (cat. Ruhm und Sinnlichkeit. Innsbrucker Bronzeguss 1500 - 1650 von Kaiser Maximilian I. bis Erzherzog Ferdinand Karl, Innsbruck 1996, no. 16).
Cf. Three firework mortars by Johann Georg Romsteck, circa 1700, in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg, inv. no. W305.