A LARGE CHARLES II BRONZE MORTAR

A LARGE CHARLES II BRONZE MORTAR

BY THE SAMUEL SMITH FOUNDRY, YORK (fl.1672-1709), DATED '1679'
below the rim inscribed ‘WILLIAM METCALFE MERCER IN YORK 1679’, the waist cast with a wide band of bells, foliage and cartouches with maker's mark 'SS Ebor' (Ebor: Eboracencis, Latin for York)

25.5cm high, 32cm diameter

Provenance

Christopher Bangs Private Collection.

Literature

See M. Finlay, English Decorated Bronze Mortars and Their Makers, p.155.