Descriptif du lot
Similar mortars of this type often bear the Norwich Arms stamp.
PROBABLY NORWICH, C.1590
Details
An Elizabethan bronze mortar
Probably Norwich, c.1590
The body cast three times with a heraldic lion passant guardant, a loop handle to the side
5 3/8in. (13.7cm.) diameter; 4½in. (11.4cm.) high;
and a bronze pestle, probably 18th century -- 7¾in. (19.7cm.) long (2)
Probably Norwich, c.1590
The body cast three times with a heraldic lion passant guardant, a loop handle to the side
5 3/8in. (13.7cm.) diameter; 4½in. (11.4cm.) high;
and a bronze pestle, probably 18th century -- 7¾in. (19.7cm.) long (2)
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