Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 12th April 2017
Lot 68
A Charles II dated bronze mortar
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £350
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Description
A Charles II dated bronze mortar, the body cast with the owner's triad 'E R A', with a heart stop and dated '1684', possibly by the Francis Sturton / 'Cut-Card' Foundry of South Petherton, 14cm high, 17.2cm diameter.
See Michael Finlay, English Decorated Bronze Mortars and their Makers, pp. 121-123 for a discussion of the 'Cut-Card' Founder, this mortar illustrated pl. 236 and with illustrations of similar mortars.
Provenance:
Christie's, The Roger Warner collection, 20th-21st January 2009, lot 126.
A private collection.