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GOTHIC MORTAR. BRONCE. SPANISH SCHOOL, 15TH CENTURY.

Gothic mortar. Bronze. Spanish school, 15th century. Tubular mortar with a slightly curved mouth and a sunken cylindrical base that presents a relief decoration centered on a strip on the outside of it. This is made up of four handles with geometric shapes (from one of them hangs a metal ring with engraved lines), between which appear two simple ribs with a rectangular base and triangular profile, located alternating tip and base. This type of ribs, in the Spanish school, is linked to Spanish-Muslim influence (compare the mortar with that of the 11th century from Monzón de Campos that is preserved in the Balaguer Museum). Compare them with those preserved in the National Archaeological Museum (Madrid), dated between the 15th and 16th centuries, also noting the differences; with the 15th century example from the Seattle Museum (United States of America); one with rings from the 13th century referenced in the RCCAAC; etc Weight: 4.3kg.

· Size: 17x17x10 cms.
ANTIQUES

Ref.: ZF1257
BRONZE MORTAR WITH INSCRIPTION. SPAIN, 1823.

Mortar with inscriptions. Bronze. Spain, 1823. Mortar made of bronze with a recessed mouth and a throne-conical body developed without discontinuity and decreasing in diameter to the base; It has two handles or “pieces” towards the smooth decorative moldings at the top. The piece presents, almost on the edge, an inscription (I AM DE D GREGORIO OCANA ANO DE 1823) in capital letters and a date in Romans with spaces between them; and the text (the opposite of the other) “Mazon fecci”; both flanked by a simple molding above and another below. This large mortar is of the type that is usually known as “hospital” because it is usually used for medicines in environments with many patients or in important pharmacies. Typologically, it follows the usual line in these examples of the Spanish school during the 19th century: smooth, with moldings and, as a general rule, without those ribs (or derivatives thereof) that used to appear in the previous ones. Compare, for example, the large pharmacy mortar from the Calella Municipal Museum-Archive (with inscription, ribs and human heads as handles), a large pestle from the Hispanic Pharmacy Museum of the Complutense University of Madrid, etc

· Size: 37x34,5x25 cms.
ANTIQUES

Ref.: ZF1007
BRONZE MORTAR WITH INSCRIPTION. SPAIN, 1846.

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.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEOUS;BRONZE MORTARS

Ref.: Z5727
IRON APOTHECARY MORTAR. 18TH-19TH CENTURIES.

Iron pharmacy mortar. 18th-19th centuries. Old mortar for pharmaceutical use, made of cast iron. It follows the usual structure for this type of utensil between the 15th and 19th centuries, with a truncated conical body with very thick walls that has vertical ribs and perpendicular protruding handles to facilitate grip during use. In this case it shows eight multi-lobed ribs and two large handles with finials in the shape of a child's head, which indicates that it would be a piece from the Baroque or later period, probably from the 18th or 19th centuries.

· Size: 40x31,5x26 cms. Mano: L. 40 cms
ANTIQUES

Ref.: ZF1242
FLEMISH BRONZE MORTAR, 17TH CENTURY

Flemish mortar. Bronze. XVII century. Features brand. Mortar with a circular base with a mouth that extends outward from the two upper stripes and a body with slight entasis and a relief decoration of figurative motifs. In addition to a series of moldings in its external area, you can see two male protomes (heads with mustaches and non-human features) and a band with different elements in the lower part (roles, leaves, quadruped monsters). Note, also, a kind of circular “seal” (or so it seems), with letters (HLB / RA/TE) around a banner flanked by plant elements and placed on three oval objects. Compare the present example with those by P. van den Ghein from the Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn” Museum in Mechelen (despite being earlier), a 17th century example from the Pharmacy Museum in Berlin (Germany), another in the Museum of the Pharmacy of the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain), etc. Weight: 4.6kg.

· Size: 17x17x14 cms.
ANTIQUES

Ref.: ZF1258
STONE MORTAR. 18TH CENTURY.

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.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEOUS;BRONZE MORTARS

Ref.: Z1057
BRONZE MORTAR WITH PESTLE. 17TH CENTURY.

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
ANTIQUES

Ref.: ZF0966
BRONZE MORTAR WITH PESTLE. 20th CENTURY, AFTER BAROQUE MODELS.

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.
ANTIQUES

Ref.: ZF0558
BRONZE MORTAR WITH PESTLE. SPAIN, 17TH CENTURY.

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.
ANTIQUES

Ref.: ZF1225