A CHARLES II BRONZE SKILLET

A CHARLES II BRONZE SKILLET

BY JOHN FATHERS I (C.1636-1688), MONTACUTE, SOMERSET

the bowl with moulded rim, 'three arc' and stylised 'B' founder's marks, on 'D'-shaped reeded legs, the 'type 6' handle without a brace cast 'JOHN FATHERS'

12.7cm high to rim, 18cm diameter

Literature

See R. Butler & C. Green, 'English Bronze Cooking Vessels & Their Founders 1350-1830' p. 54 for a cauldron with similar marks and pp. 56-7 for John Fathers skillet handle patterns. Only two other John Fathers I skillets cast with the founder's name and marks are recorded. One is in the Yorkshire Museum, York, acc. no. YORYM:2006.1988.