TWO BRONZE MORTARS, VENICE, ONE DATED 1735, ONE PROBABLY MID-18TH CENTURY

TWO BRONZE MORTARS
VENICE, ONE DATED 1735, ONE PROBABLY MID-18TH CENTURY
The first draped with garlands between putti heads, the base decorated with a frieze of acanthus, with insription to the shoulder iVLII. GUALEA Anno. Domini. MDCCXXXV; the second cast to the base with acanthus, signed and dated to the shoulder ANTONIO TOCCI / PETRUS DE BLASIS FECIT ANNO DNI 1754
The first: 16 ½ in. (42 cm.) high; 19 in. (50.5 cm.) wide
The second: 12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) high; 16 ½ in. (42 cm.) wide

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