An important museum quality mortar by Albert Hachmann Of tapering form with a tiered base decorated with beading. One side with a vacant coat-of-arms supported by winged demi-figures. Dated in Gothic minuscule below the rim: “anno domini m ccccc xlviii”, with a running hare, a hunting dog, a sun, and a flower between. The handles formed as the heads of wolves, originally holding rings in their snarling maws. H 11.4, D 12.8 cm, weight c. 2 kg. Some minor dents around the rim, later scratches to the base. Provenance Private collection, Westphalia. Attributed to the Hachmann workshop, Albert Hachmann, Cleves, 1548. Two similar mortars of octagonal section with lion's head handles, also attributed to Albert Hachmann, in the Rijksmuseum (inv. no.: BK-NM-8301-A), and in the former Schwarzach collection (auctioned by Lempertz Cologne, 17th May 2019, lot 1037). Cast bronze with fine chocolate brown patina.