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A Rare German 50 PDR. Bronze Mortar
Stamped Gef. V.I.G. Grosse In Dresden, 19th Century

Antique Arms and Armour Including The Ray Wilkinson Collection

24 May 2023, 10:30 BST

London, Knightsbridge

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A Rare German 50 PDR. Bronze Mortar
Stamped Gef. V.I.G. Grosse In Dresden, 19th Century

Cast in two stages with turned medial band and muzzle-ring, set at an angle against an integral wedge, the latter stamped with maker's details in capitals, plain vent, and made in one with a stepped base pierced at each corner with an anchoring hole, and with old green patination
38 cm. high, 18.5 cm. bore

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Possibly intended for testing gunpowder

Johan Gotthelf Grosse (1808-1869) was master founder at the Royal Saxon foundry and master of the foundry guild, Dresden. An almost identical example is in the Askeri Museum, Istanbul. See O. Sermed Moukhtar, Musée Militaire Ottoman..., 1921, pl. 25, no. 2

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