TWO 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTARS

TWO 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTARS

MAKER MARKED, ENGLISH, C.1650-75

one with a mid-band, the other ribbed, mark of Charles Applebee to underside (2)

9.2cm high, 11.9cm diameter (max)

Literature

Illustrated and discussed in Antique Metalware Society, Vol. 26, 2021, p.38, fig.15 (outer left and right) and M. Finlay, 'English Decorated Bronze Mortars', p. 161, no.323 (right).