AN EARLY CHARLES II BRONZE MORTAR

AN EARLY CHARLES II BRONZE MORTAR

ATTRIBUTED TO THE 'UNIDENTIFIED' FOUNDRY LOTHBURY OR ALDERSGATE, LONDON

decorated with six crowned Tudor roses and with a pair of lug handles 13.7cm high, 17.3cm diameter

Provenance

Probably the collection of Michael Finlay.

Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.

LITERATURE

Michael Finlay, English Decorated Bronze Mortars and their Makers, p.75, pl.109 for where this lot is probably illustrated, pp.73-77 for a discussion of the 'unidentified' foundry.