TWO 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTARS

TWO 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTARS

MAKER MARKED. ENGLISH, C.1650-75

each of ribbed form, with engraved internal measuring rings, (200, 300 & 400ml), mark of Charles Applebee to underside (2)

10.6cm high, 12.8cm diameter (max)

Literature

Illustrated and discussed in Antique Metalware Society, Vol. 26, 2021, p.38, fig.17 (centre and centre right) and M. Finlay, 'English Decorated Bronze Mortars', p. 161, no.323 (left).