17TH CENTURY

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THREE BRONZE MORTARS
17TH CENTURY
One of Scottish type cast with a cross and possible date 160.., the initials T.I. & A.I. with split baluster moulding and side handles, and two English mortars, one with four crowned Tudor roses and loop side handles, the other with three heraldic griffin heads
former 5½in. (14cm.) high, smallest 3½in. (9cm.) high (3)

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Lot Essay

The first mortar has some similarities to Scottish squat early mortars; see Finlay, Michael, Some British Medieval Copper-Alloy Mortars, Journal of the Antique Metalware Society, vol 10, June 2002, p.22.et seq. See also lot 485 from The Robert Spalding Collection of Mortars, November 12th 2003.

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