Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 383
AN EARLY CHARLES II BRONZE MORTAR
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £350
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Description
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.