Description
A Fabulous 17th Century English Bronze Mortar by Thomas Cheese of Bury St Edmunds, dated 1626. The waist with an armorial panel depicting the crown and crossed saltire arrows of Bury St Edmunds flanked by two barred ‘T’ founder’s marks, with initials I F & K in separate panels to the other side between ring mouldings, and projecting rounded lug handles. The flared rim with zig-zagged ornamentation, (18 cm) high, (22 cm) in diameter.