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Mortar with inscriptions. Bronze. Spain, 1823. Mortar made of bronze with a flared mouth and a truncated cone-shaped body that develops without discontinuity and decreases in diameter towards the base; it has two handles or “pieces” towards the smooth decorative mouldings that it has on the upper part. The piece has, almost on the edge, an inscription (SOY DE D GREGORIO OCANA ANO DE 1823) in capital letters and a date in Roman numerals with spaces between them; and the text (the opposite of the other) “Mazon fecci”; both flanked by a simple moulding above and another below. This large mortar is of the type that is usually known as a “hospital” mortar, as it is usually used for medicines in environments with many patients or in important pharmacies. Typologically, it follows the usual line in these examples from the Spanish school during the 19th century: smooth, with mouldings and, as a general rule, without those ribs (or derivatives of them) that usually appeared in the previous ones. Compare, for example, with the large pharmacy mortar in the Municipal Museum-Archive of Calella (with an inscription, ribs and human heads as handles), a large mortar in the Museum of the Spanish Pharmacy of the Complutense University of Madrid, etc.
· Size: 37x34,5x25 cms.
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Ref.: ZF1007
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Mortar with inscription. Bronze. Spain, 1846. Mortar made of bronze with a flared mouth and a truncated cone-shaped body that develops without discontinuity and decreases in diameter towards the base. The piece has 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 made. Compare, for example, with the large pharmacy mortar in the Municipal Museum-Archive of Calella (with an inscription, ribs and human heads as handles), a large mortar in the Museum of the Spanish Pharmacy of the Complutense University of Madrid, etc.
· Size: 25x25x30 cms.
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MISCELLANEOUS;BRONZE MORTARS
Ref.: Z5727
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Pharmacy mortar. Bronze. Spain, 1816. A mortar with a flared mouth, decorated with ribs derived from pillars and a band in the upper area with an inscription (I am Don Juan Antonio Martínez, apothecary in Nabalmoral de Pusa / Year 1816); the handles have been lost. Navalmoral de Pusa is a municipality in Toledo that was united in the 19th century with Navalmoral de Toledo, giving rise to Los Navalmorales. The decoration of the piece follows the usual for this type of mortar from prominent pharmacies. Weight: 39 kg.
· Size: 30,4 x 30,4 x 21 cm.
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Ref.: ZF0792
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Iron pharmacy mortar. 18th-19th centuries. An old cast iron mortar for pharmaceutical use. It follows the usual structure for this type of utensil between the 15th and 19th centuries, with a truncated cone-shaped body with very thick walls that has vertical ribs and perpendicular protruding handles to facilitate gripping during use. In this case it shows eight polylobed ribs and two large handles with ends in the shape of a child's head, indicating that it would be a piece from the Baroque period or later, probably from the 18th or 19th centuries.
· Size: 40x31,5x26 cms. Mano: L. 40 cms
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Ref.: ZF1242
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Flemish mortar. Bronze. 17th century. Presents brand. A mortar with a circular base and a mouth that extends outwards from the two upper bands and a body with a slight entasis and a relief decoration with figurative motifs. In addition to a series of mouldings on its outer area, two male protomes can be seen (heads with moustaches and non-human features) and a band with different elements on the lower part (scrolls, leaves, quadruped monsters). Also note a kind of circular “seal” (or so it seems), with letters (HLB / RA/TE) around a flag flanked by plant elements and placed on three oval objects. Compare this example with those by P. van den Ghein from the Royal Carillon School Museum “Jef Denyn” in Mechelen (although they are older), a 17th century example from the Pharmacy Museum in Berlin (Germany), another in the Pharmacy Museum of the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain), etc. Weight: 4.6 kg.
· Size: 17x17x14 cms.
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Ref.: ZF1258
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Mortar. Carved stone. 18th century. Mortar made from a single piece of carved stone with a circular base and four handles or worn projections carved towards the outside of its body, in the shape of a cup. This type of piece was created for use in apothecaries (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), and it is not possible to specify its purpose further due to the lack of decorative elements and the usualness of the model to which this piece belongs, with a long tradition in Europe. Similar examples are preserved, for example, in the Museum of the Spanish 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 and pestle. Bronze. 17th century. Mortar with a circular base, cylindrical body and mouth slightly flared outwards, decorated with a series of smooth horizontal mouldings arranged both at the bottom and at the top and with some simple vertical elements (which still maintain slight balustrade shapes) derived from 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 and pestle. Bronze. 20th century. Open-edged cylindrical mortar with two handles, banded decoration on the outside (scrolls and birds; floral details; inscription in capital letters “JAN – HEINRICK – TER – HYLICE – EECITE – ANNO – 1641”) and a base that is also slightly inclined outwards. The tubular pestle has engraved lines and mouldings. Stylistically, this piece is inspired by European works of the 17th century. Weight: 3.9 kg.
· Size: 21.5x18x13 cms.
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Ref.: ZF0558
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Mortar and pestle. Bronze. Spanish school, 17th century. Bronze mortar with a flared mouth, a raised base towards the outside and a cylindrical body decorated on the outside with reliefs alternating shapes (probably figurative in origin, perhaps angel or Medusa heads) and balustrade shapes derived from the usual ribs, typical of this type of piece within the Spanish school since the Gothic period. The pestle, cylindrical in shape, has a decoration of smooth discs of different diameters and widths, arranged towards the centre and towards the end, and a flat widening at the beginning. Weight: 1.7 kg.
· Size: 11,5x11,5x7 cms.
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Ref.: ZF1225
