Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 11th January 2017
Lot 194
A Charles I bronze dated mortar
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £1500
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Description
A Charles I bronze dated mortar, with lug handles the moulded body with a foundry badge 'WC' with an arrow, for William Clibury, Wellington Shropshire, with owners initials 'IY EY' and dated '1637', 17.3cm high, 23cm diameter.
See Michael Finlay, English Decorated Bronze Mortars, p.111, pl.211 for the above mortar and a discussion of the Clibury foundry.
Provenance: Formerly in the Hurst collection.