a rare late gothic bronze mortar, Eastern-Westphalia dated 1521

of inverted bellshape, cast with stepped base, three central ridges, a pair of incurved, angular handles, the rim with the inscription heir ias(?)per rydders anno dm mcccccxxi, interspersed by animals, the head of Christ, and a small plaque cast with a hunter carrying game suspended from a spear, olive-golden patina, lower part of the body on the exterior with splits; with associated pestle

Related Literature:
Homberg 1983, nos. 34 and 35, these may well have been cast by the same founder. The first is preserved in the Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster, the second in the Kestner-Museum, Hannover