The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025
Lot 122
TWO 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTARS
Estimate £200 - £300
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Description
TWO 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTARS
MAKER MARKED. ENGLISH, C.1650-75
each of ribbed form, with engraved internal measuring rings, (200, 300 & 400ml), mark of Charles Applebee to underside (2)
10.6cm high, 12.8cm diameter (max)
Literature
Illustrated and discussed in Antique Metalware Society, Vol. 26, 2021, p.38, fig.17 (centre and centre right) and M. Finlay, 'English Decorated Bronze Mortars', p. 161, no.323 (left).