Großer Standmörser mit Pistill
cast iron and lacquered, cylindrical body with slightly projecting lip and acorn-shaped handles on a flared, multi-profiled stand, only narrow profiled rings on the wall, original pestle, mortar h 34 cm, Ø 29 cm, w 44 cm, pestle l 65 cm, combined weight 62 kg, Lower Saxony, probably Harz mid-18th century, distinct signs of use, cracked lip, on a later, turned wooden stand, h 41 cm, total height (without pestle) 74 cm, total weight 86.5 kg 0111 The use of such large and heavy mortars was usually reserved for courtly or monastic pharmacies, a comparable piece in the Bomann Museum Celle, cf.: Edmund Launert 1990, Der Mörser, page 84 no. 28 Prov.: private property Goslar, private collection East Westphalia Due to the weight, shipping only by arrangement by forwarding agent
