Origin: Deventer
Master: Gerrit Schimmel
Inscription: GILLIS WYBRANS AMSTERDAM, 1696
Date: 1696
Dimensions: Height: 34 cm, Diameter: 41 cm.
The name on the frieze belongs to Wibrans, the intermediate merchant, who commissioned this imposing mortar from Schimmel. The Deventer coat of arms is proudly displayed on one of the friezes.