. The Pharmaceutical era. Fig. 3.—The original is tlie inscription on the large Frenchmortar shown in Fig. 3, I resemble a sow for bulk.(Je ressemble a une truye p. 1. m.) St. Peter, the Vir-gin, etc., figure below, and it is dated Equally large and of similar shape is the huge bronze,JIade in 1613 for Estienne Pol, by Simon Jacobus. The handsome and massive mortar shown in Fig. 5 isdated 1770, .ind is somewhat in the Louis XV. style ofart. The caryatids forming the handles present an oddcombination of angel wings and the hairy nether limbs<jf satyrs. The peculiar pestle (Fi
. The Pharmaceutical era. Fig. 3.—The original is tlie inscription on the large Frenchmortar shown in Fig. 3, I resemble a sow for bulk.(Je ressemble a une truye p. 1. m.) St. Peter, the Vir-gin, etc., figure below, and it is dated Equally large and of similar shape is the huge bronze,JIade in 1613 for Estienne Pol, by Simon Jacobus. The handsome and massive mortar shown in Fig. 5 isdated 1770, .ind is somewhat in the Louis XV. style ofart. The caryatids forming the handles present an oddcombination of angel wings and the hairy nether limbs<jf satyrs. The peculiar pestle (Fig. t) represents St. Michaeloverthrowing the evil one. The saints head-dress, al-though suspiciously like a harlequins cap, is doubtlessintended by the pious artist to represent an episcopalmitre. A $3,000 IVIORTARis to be found in the private collection of JI. JIartin LeRoy, a rich amateur who is connected with the legalprofession. It adorns themain staircase of hishandsome private resi-dence in the rue Rem-brandt, where the writerinspected it by his Its large sizeand highly artistic andoriginal design explainthe price paid for it byits present owner, whobelieves it to have beenmade about A. I). 150(1for some Italian [irince
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