Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 12 Apr 2017

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A Charles II dated bronze mortar attributed to Foundry X of Suffolk

£500 - £700 £700

A Charles II dated bronze mortar attributed to Foundry X of Suffolk, the reeded body cast with a pair of rosettes flanking a crest, with a stag's head issuant from a coronet above a torse, dated '1667' 10.8cm high, 13.1cm diameter.

See Michael Finlay, English Decorated Bronze Mortars and their Makers, pp.132-140 for a discussion of a group of mortars attributed to an unknown founder in Suffolk identified as Foundry X and with illustrations of similar mortars.

Provenance:

Bonham's, 24th February 2016, lot 347.

A private collection.

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