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An English Leaded Bronze Mortar
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An English Leaded Bronze Mortar

17TH CENTURY

Details
An English Leaded Bronze Mortar
17th Century
Cast twice with the Royal Arms, with associated pestle
5 5/8in. (14.2cm) diameter; 4½in. (11.5cm) high (2)
Provenance
John Fardon collection, Christie's South Kensington, 1 May 1996, lot 219.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

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

It is uncertain whether these mortars cast with the Arms of Charles I predate the Civil War, it is possible various founders cast them after the Restoration.

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