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An impressive late 17th century English bronze mortar Inscribed for William Brainich and dated 1699 (2) image 1
An impressive late 17th century English bronze mortar Inscribed for William Brainich and dated 1699 (2) image 2
An impressive late 17th century English bronze mortar Inscribed for William Brainich and dated 1699 (2) image 3
An impressive late 17th century English bronze mortar Inscribed for William Brainich and dated 1699 (2) image 4
Lot 84TP

An impressive late 17th century English bronze mortar
Inscribed for William Brainich and dated 1699

Fine Decorative Arts
29 November 2022, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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An impressive late 17th century English bronze mortar

Inscribed for William Brainich and dated 1699
Of swept cylindrical form with moulded lip and foot, the body cast with Fleur de Lys and with dated inscription WILLIAM BRAINICH 1699 GOD DERREKT ME IN MY BEGINNING, together with an associated turned stained wooden pestle, the mortar, 23.5cm high, 30cm diameter, the pestle, 29cm long (2)

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Provenance
Private Collection
Sotheby's London 5th December 2020, lot 22
John and Judith Adler Collection, Sotheby's London, 24 February 2005, lot 131

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