Live Auction 5686Christie's Interiors - Masters & Makers
Christie’s roundel
Lot 417

A BRONZE MORTAR

BY SAMUEL SMITH OF YORK DATED 1677

Closed9 March 2010

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GBP 1,375

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A BRONZE MORTAR
BY SAMUEL SMITH OF YORK DATED 1677
The top rim cast with a band of foliage and the mark 'S.S. Ebor' the central band of foliage inscribed 'M.B. 1677.' and with a secondary maker's mark
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
And two English bronze mortars, 17th Century one with a tablet dated 1690 the other cast with stag's heads - 4 in. (10 cm.) high (3)

Specialist note

The most important post Reformation foundry in York was that of Abraham Smith (1652-62), which was carried on after his death by Samuel Smith until 1709. His bells and mortars and those of his son, also called Samuel (1709-31) are marked SS Ebor.