A 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTAR ATTRIBUTED TO WHITECHAPEL FOUNDRY

A 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTAR

ATTRIBUTED TO WHITECHAPEL FOUNDRY, LONDON, C.1630-40

decorated with a band of scrolling leaves, flowers and shells

10.7cm high, 14cm diameter

LITERATURE

Michael Finlay, English Decorated Bronze Mortars and their Makers, pp.61-71 for a discussion of the Whitechapel foundry and pl.88 for a similar mortar by John Clifton.