拍品 104 A
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A COMMONWEALTH BRONZE MORTAR
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A COMMONWEALTH BRONZE MORTAR

MID 17TH CENTURY, THE 'LONDON UNIDENTIFIED FOUNDRY'

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A COMMONWEALTH BRONZE MORTAR
MID 17TH CENTURY, THE 'LONDON UNIDENTIFIED FOUNDRY'
The body cast four times with a bird and key motif in shields, twin loop side handles
4 5/8 in. (11.6 cm.) high
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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In his book English Decorated Bronze Mortars', Michael Finlay writes 'An examination of an unworn example shows the head to be clearly that of a swan or goose. Whether the 'key' is such, or perhaps an implement such as a Scottish bannock spade remains open to question. This stamp started life as a heraldic motif but there are too many mortars still extant bearing this decoration for them all to have been made for the use of one family, and one is drawn to the conclusion that this and other motifs of heraldic form may have been adapted by the founder because of their decorative nature'