The Butler Hoard - 01 Jul 2025
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A CHARLES II BRONZE MORTAR
A CHARLES II BRONZE MORTAR
SOMERSET, DATED '1680', MAKER'S MARK OF THOMAS STURTON, (B.1629-D.1683)
a scratched marked 'T' and four-arc mark, along with the date '1680', opposed by the ownership triad 'G' over 'GA', below a scratched decorative frieze of overlapping semi-circles
14.6cm high, 19cm rim diameter
Provenance
Formerly in the John Farndon Collection.
Literature
Illustrated and discussed in Michael Finlay, 'English Decorated Bronze Mortars', p. 120, no. 233.
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