TWO 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTARS

TWO 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTARS

MAKER MARKED, ENGLISH, C.1650-75

each with a mid-band and stamped with the maker's mark of Charles Applebee to base, the larger with 'CA' beneath a fleur- de-lys, the other 'CA' beneath a crown (2)

11cm high, 13.8cm diameter (max)

Literature

Illustrated and discussed in Antique Metalware Society, Vol. 26, 2021, p.38, fig.18 (left) and fig.19 (right), the largest recorded mortar by Applebee.