A rare signed and dated Amsterdam bronze mortar
A rare signed and dated Amsterdam bronze mortar
Bronze with dark brown shimmering patina. Moulded vessel with a banderole around the protruding rim inscribed "ALEWYN CROMBOSCH AMSTERDAM AO1755". With numerous dents and signs of wear, minor losses to the upper rim. H 17, D 23.7 cm, weight 12 kg.
Amsterdam, Alewijn Crombosch, 1755.
Alewijn Crombosch died in 1756 in St. Anthoni Breestraat/Nieuwendijk. His foundry continued to be run for a few years by his heirs, who used his moulds.
Another mortar of the same type is housed in the Amsterdam Museum, inv. no. OKA 14516.
Literature
For this maker cf. Wittop Koning, Nederlandse vijzels, 1989, ill. 29, for an identical mortar in the Medisch-Pharmaceutisch Museum Amsterdam, p. 46 and p. 47, mention further mortars.
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A rare signed and dated Amsterdam bronze mortar
Bronze with dark brown shimmering patina. Moulded vessel with a banderole around the protruding rim inscribed "ALEWYN CROMBOSCH AMSTERDAM AO1755". With numerous dents and signs of wear, minor losses to the upper rim. H 17, D 23.7 cm, weight 12 kg.
Amsterdam, Alewijn Crombosch, 1755.
Alewijn Crombosch died in 1756 in St. Anthoni Breestraat/Nieuwendijk. His foundry continued to be run for a few years by his heirs, who used his moulds.
Another mortar of the same type is housed in the Amsterdam Museum, inv. no. OKA 14516.
Literature
For this maker cf. Wittop Koning, Nederlandse vijzels, 1989, ill. 29, for an identical mortar in the Medisch-Pharmaceutisch Museum Amsterdam, p. 46 and p. 47, mention further mortars.
