A lead/bronze mortar

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A lead/bronze mortar
the body cast with stags head in wreath twice (rubbed), English, 17th century -- 5in. (12.7cm) diam, 3½in. (8.9cm) high

Lot Essay

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

The stags head is a reference to the hart in the field or Christ.

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