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Mortars
    • Setting:
      Room XVII
    • Maker:
      Alessandro Tognozzi (founder)
    • Date:
      1764
    • Materials:
      bronze
    • Dimensions:
      height 500 mm, opening diameter 480 mm
    • Inventory:
      3600
    • Mortars (Inv. 3600)
    • Mortars (Inv. 3600)

Two large bronze mortars, only one of which has a pestle. They are decorated with floral motifs and reliefs of Saints Cosmas and Damian. They also carry the name of the bronze-founder engraved in Latin: "Alexander Tognozzi Joannis Dominici Moreni Nepos Fundit, Anno MDCCLXIV" [Cast by Alessandro Tognozzi nephew of Giovanni Domenico Moreni, year 1764]. We have no information on Tognozzi. Provenance: Lorraine collections.