The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025
Lot 119
TWO 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTARS
Estimate £200 - £300
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Description
TWO 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTARS
MAKER MARKED, ENGLISH, C.1650-75
one with a mid-band, the other ribbed, mark of Charles Applebee to underside (2)
9.2cm high, 11.9cm diameter (max)
Literature
Illustrated and discussed in Antique Metalware Society, Vol. 26, 2021, p.38, fig.15 (outer left and right) and M. Finlay, 'English Decorated Bronze Mortars', p. 161, no.323 (right).