Lot 36
36
A large Dutch bronze mortar
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A large Dutch bronze mortar

BY GERRIT BAKKER, ROTTERDAM, CIRCA 1786

Details
A large Dutch bronze mortar
By Gerrit Bakker, Rotterdam, circa 1786
The tapering ring-turned body with flaring rim cast with inscription G. BAKKER ROTTERDAM Ao 1786
28cm. high x 38cm. diam.
Special notice
' ! ' :This Lot is imported from outside the EU. The Buyer's Premium is calculated as 30.505% of the hammer price up to a value of €110,000 plus 19.2% of any amount in excess of €110,000

Lot Essay

Dr. D.A. Wittop Koning mentions in his book Nederlandse Vijzels, Deventer, 1953, on page 55 that he knows of two large bronze mortars by Gerrit Bakker. One with inscription G. BAKKER ROTTERDAM AO 1768, which was offered at Frederik Muller in Amsterdam in December 1925. The other with inscription GERRIT BAKKER ROTTERDAM AO 1786, which was owned by apothecary Hegland in Utrecht.

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