BY JOHN PALMAR

Details

A Charles I bronze mortar of large size
By John Palmar
Cast with the inscription and date IOHN PALMAR MADE MEE FOR MARGRET BALDOCKE 1638, the central band to the body cast with foliate and portcullis motifs, slight loss to rim, the base drilled
12¾in. (32.4cm.) diameter; 9½in. (24.6cm.) high

Provenance

Arthur G.Hemming Collection, thence to the present owner.

Literature

Arthur G. Hemming, Dated English Bell-metal Mortars, Connoisseur March 1929. Page 165.

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