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LOT 1958
Post Medieval Stone Mortar with Heads
18TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/8 in. (1.4 kg, 15.6 cm).
Squat in profile with four radiating lugs to the rim with low-relief facial detailing, one with a shallow pouring channel above.
Provenance
Private UK collection.
Acquired in the 1980s.
Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman.
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