A DOCUMENTED CHARLES II BRONZE 'MOTTO' SKILLET

A DOCUMENTED CHARLES II BRONZE 'MOTTO' SKILLET

BY THOMAS STURTON II (C.1629-1682), SOUTH PETHERTON, SOMERSET, C.1670

loam cast, the bowl with a slight rim, four-arc and stylised 'T' founder's marks, on ribbed legs, the handle with V-brace and cast 'WIL THIS PLES YOU'

16.3cm high to the rim, 21.8cm diameter

Literature

Illustrated in R. Butler & C. Green, 'English Bronze Cooking Vessels & Their Founders 1350-1830', p. 108, no. 102.