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A twin handled leaded bronze mortar
the rim cast with the latin inscription QVIS CONTRA NOS SI DEVS PRONOBIS, the waist with bands of stiff leaves, the handles modelled as stylised dolphins, the base incised around the outer edge IAN DE LA CONRT, and the date 1593 -- 5½in. (14cm) diam, 4½in. (11.5cm) high; and an associated pestle
See Illustration.
the rim cast with the latin inscription QVIS CONTRA NOS SI DEVS PRONOBIS, the waist with bands of stiff leaves, the handles modelled as stylised dolphins, the base incised around the outer edge IAN DE LA CONRT, and the date 1593 -- 5½in. (14cm) diam, 4½in. (11.5cm) high; and an associated pestle
See Illustration.