Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 146
A LARGE COMMONWEALTH BRONZE MORTAR
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £1800
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Description
A LARGE COMMONWEALTH BRONZE MORTAR
MADE FOR EDWARD COLLIS BY RICHARD KEENE OF WOODSTOCK, DATED '1658'
the moulded everted rim above three bands of wire mouldings and the inscription and date 'Edward Collis 1658', interspaced with two fleur-de-lis stops, above four further bands of wire mouldings, with a recessed foot
24cm high, 27.8cm diameter
Provenance
Philip Harris Medical Limited.
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Catalogue Note
The present lot is illustrated in Michael Finlay, 'English Decorated Bronze Mortars and their Makers', p.108, pl.209. Richard Keene, according to Finlay, was working between 1654-1698 and employed a particularly distinctive alphabet set and a fleur-de-lis set formerly employed by Henry Farmer in Gloucestershire and James Keene, also of Woodstock.