A lead/bronze mortar

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A lead/bronze mortar
the flared body cast with the arms of the City of Norwich and a crowned rose, intersected by lions passant, 17th century -- 4 7/8in. (12.4cm) diam, 4 1/8in. (10.4cm) high; and an associated bronze/lead pestle

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Peter Hornsby, English Decorated Mortars, Collector's Guide, January 1990.

The rose crowned refers to the Restoration.

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