A GOOD BRONZE MORTAR

A GOOD BRONZE MORTAR

GERMAN, DATED '1556'

of slightly waisted form with a pair of bird head lug handles, the body with two bands of text 'GOTTES GEWAT IST MANIG FLT' and 'ALLEIN GOTT DIE EHR' above a shield and a pair figures to each side and the date '1556', on a spreading foot

16.8cm high, 13.2cm rim diameter

Provenance

Lord and Lady Rochdale, Lingholm, Cumbria

Catalogue Note

The text translates as 'Honour to God alone' and 'God's power is manifold'.