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Mortar with inscription. Bronze. Spain, 1846. Mortar made of bronze with a recessed mouth and a throne-conical body developed without discontinuity and decreasing in diameter to the base. The piece presents an inscription (“soi de don Gregorio goia ano 1846”) in capital letters with spaces between them and two areas with lines flanking the text in the upper and lower areas, referring to the owner of the mortar and the year in which it was manufactured. the same. Compare, for example, with the large pharmacy mortar from the Calella Municipal Museum-Archive (with inscription, ribs and human heads as handles), a large pestle from the Museum of Hispanic Pharmacy of the Complutense University of Madrid, etc
· Size: 25x25x30 cms.
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MISCELLANEOUS;BRONZE MORTARS
Ref.: Z5727
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Mortar. Carved stone. Century XVIII. Mortar made of a single piece of carved stone that has a circular base and four worn handles or projections carved towards the outside of its body, in the shape of a cup. These types of pieces were created for use in pharmacies (which could be in a city, in a religious institution or in a hospital) or in a kitchen (of a large residence or, again, of a religious institution), not It is possible to further specify its purpose due to the lack of decorative elements and the usual nature of the model to which this piece belongs, with a long tradition in Europe. Similar specimens are preserved, for example, in the Museum of Hispanic Pharmacy of the Complutense University of Madrid, the Museum of the History of Pharmacy in Seville, the Museum of Pharmacy in Krakow, etc.
· Size: 73x73x45 cms.
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MISCELLANEOUS;BRONZE MORTARS
Ref.: Z1057
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Mortar. Patinated bronze. XVII century. Patinated bronze mortar with a vented mouth, a throne-like conical body and a base enhanced with moldings that have a decoration of facing balusters. These balusters in relief reflect a clear influence of baroque models (heir, in turn, to the medieval ribs). Compare the present example with one preserved in the Museo del Greco (Toledo, Spain), similar in form and decoration. Weight; 4.9 kg.
· Size: 16x16x11 cms,
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Ref.: ZF0636
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Mortar with pestle. Bronze. XVII century. Mortar with a circular base, cylindrical body and mouth slightly convex towards the outside, decorated with a series of smooth horizontal moldings arranged both in the lower area and in the upper area and with simple vertical elements (which still maintain slight balustraded shapes) derived of the ribs that these specimens used to have in the medieval Spanish school.
· Size: 13x13x8,5 cms
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Ref.: ZF0966
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Mortar with pestle. Bronze. Twentieth century. Cylindrical mortar with an open edge with two handles, a banded decoration on the outside (roles and birds; floral details; inscription in capital letters “JAN – HEINRICK – TER – HYLICE – EECITE – ANNO – 1641”) and a base also slightly inclined outwards. The tubular hand or mace has engraved lines and moldings. Stylistically, the present piece is inspired by European works of the 17th century. Weight: 3.9kg.
· Size: 21.5x18x13 cms.
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Ref.: ZF0558
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Mortar with pestle. Bronze. Spanish school, 17th century. Bronze mortar with a convex mouth, a raised base facing outwards and a cylindrical body decorated on the outside with reliefs alternating shapes (probably figurative in origin, perhaps angel or Medusa heads) and balustraded shapes derived from the usual ribs, typical in this type of pieces within the Spanish school since the Gothic period. The hand, cylindrical in shape, has a decoration of smooth discs of different diameters and widths, arranged towards the center and towards the end, and a flat widening at the beginning. Weight: 1.7kg.
· Size: 11,5x11,5x7 cms.
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Ref.: ZF1225