Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 17 Jan 2024
AN ENGLISH BRONZE MORTAR
AN ENGLISH BRONZE MORTAR
PROBABLY LONDON, LATE 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY
of flaring form, cast with four lions rampant beneath banding, on a slightly spreading foot
11.2cm, high, 13.8cm diameter
Literature
See Michael Finlay, English Decorated Bronze Mortars, p.78, ill. 120 for a similar London mortar.