Lot 461
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An English bronze mortar
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An English bronze mortar

POSSIBLY EARLY 17TH CENTURY

Details
An English bronze mortar
Possibly early 17th century
The body with a central continuous band of masks and scrolling foliate ornament
9 1/8in. (23.2cm.) diameter; 6½in. (16.5cm.) high (2)
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Lot Essay

The stamps used around the central band of ornament to this mortar are patently (English) Renaissance in origin - the bird headed arabesques in particular. The head-dress of the leaf-scroll term figures is also typically 16th century in origin, but the mortar is probably early 17th century in manufacture.

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