Lot 146
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An English bronze mortar

EARLY 17TH CENTURY

Details
An English bronze mortar
Early 17th century
The body with twin loop handles cast with the letters TEW, and the scratch mark of a W.
7in. (17.8cm.) diameter; 5½in. (14cm.) high
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Lot Essay

The initials TEW probably relate to the ownership of the mortar. A similar scratch mark W was used on a bell (the 5th at Furneu Pelham, Hert's, by Miles Graye I of Colchester, dated 1618). Graye also signed the marriage register and his will with a similar sign-manual W, (Ex.inf. R.P. Butler).

A mortar in the Wellcome Collection at the Science Museum (A.604206) has a similar scratch mark.

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