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.