Lot Essay
Richard Bowler, Colchester (fl.1587-1603).
Connoisseur Magazine, June 1934 - details a mortar by Bowler dated 1595. The article further quotes a record of 1600 "....Ambrose Gilbert did grevouslye hurte and wounded one Richard Bowler of Colchester bellfounder soe as it is thought the said Richard is in greate daunger of Dethe". Bowler was a native of Nottingham.
Connoisseur Magazine, June 1934 - details a mortar by Bowler dated 1595. The article further quotes a record of 1600 "....Ambrose Gilbert did grevouslye hurte and wounded one Richard Bowler of Colchester bellfounder soe as it is thought the said Richard is in greate daunger of Dethe". Bowler was a native of Nottingham.