May 26, 2021 10:00 EST
English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
562
English Bronze Mortar
17th Century
Cast with the name JEAMES BUTLAR [sic} MADE ME, the waist with a band of stylized fleur-de-lys and crosses, linked by scrolls; together with an associated pestle. Height 5 1/8 inches (13 cm), diameter 6 1/4 inches (15.8 cm), length of pestle 8 inches (20.3 cm).
Literarture:
Henning, Arthur C., 'Mortars by English Church Bell Founders', The Connoisseur, June 1934, p. 395, No. ix, which had been on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Henning links two bells, dated 1632, at West Thurrock, Essex, with identical forms of decoration, neither with the founder's name but suggests that they might have been the work of the same maker.
Sold for $2,000
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Includes Buyer's Premium
English Bronze Mortar
17th Century
Cast with the name JEAMES BUTLAR [sic} MADE ME, the waist with a band of stylized fleur-de-lys and crosses, linked by scrolls; together with an associated pestle. Height 5 1/8 inches (13 cm), diameter 6 1/4 inches (15.8 cm), length of pestle 8 inches (20.3 cm).
Literarture:
Henning, Arthur C., 'Mortars by English Church Bell Founders', The Connoisseur, June 1934, p. 395, No. ix, which had been on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Henning links two bells, dated 1632, at West Thurrock, Essex, with identical forms of decoration, neither with the founder's name but suggests that they might have been the work of the same maker.
Condition commensurate with age and use, dings and dents, losses to rim and base, rubbing and wear throughout.
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Auction: English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts, May 26, 2021
