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A Large English or French Limestone Octagonal Open Mortar (1500 to 1700 French or English )

Reference no. 42370
A Large English or French Limestone Octagonal Open Mortar

Medium

Limestone

Dimensions

46.00cm wide    38.00cm high    (18.11 inches wide  14.96 inches high)

Provenance

Provenance: Ex English private collection
See: Finch & Co catalogue no.3, item no. 3, for an example of a large English liguum vitae wood mortar

Literature

Mortars vary in size from large font shape floor standing types such as this example that were utilized in great households down to small 3 or 4 inch specimens used by apothecaries for individual prescriptions and domestically for spices and herbs.

Description / Expertise

A Large English or French Limestone Octagonal Open Mortar
Decorated with four integral carved limestone balls.
Late 16th – Early 17th Century

Size: 38cm high, 46cm wide, 46cm deep – 15 ins high, 18 ins wide, 18 ins deep