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AN IRISH BOG OAK MORTAR
17th century
Of cylindrical form with two turned rings, 22.5cm wide, 21cm high.
£600 - 900
€710 - 1,100

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AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE EARLY ENGLISH LEADED BRONZE
POSNET
13th or 14th Century
The near spherical body with flared rim and decorated with two wire
mouldings, on three raised rectangular-section legs, the tapering
handle supported by an open brace, decorated along its length with
circles, and with a downswept kicked terminal hook, 31cm wide,
15cm deep, 22.5cm high.
£3,000 - 5,000
€3,500 - 5,900
Footnotes
See the example sold in the John Douglas Collection of Base Metal,
Bonhams, Oxford, 19th April 2021, which had a provenance to
Ballintuim House, Strathardle, Scotland

457 Literature
See R. Butler & C. Green A Study Collection of Marked Domestic
Brass and Other Base Metalware, c. 1600 - c. 1900 (2001), p. 174,
for another very similar posnet, and an accompanying illustration from
the 13th century Romance of Alexander, showing a posnet of this type
and decoration in use.

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