Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label affixed to object reads: 'Bronze mortar showing five lions rampant and crowned. (B[ough]t Mrs Head 1909)'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna

Context (Field collection)
Bought from Mrs Head 1909

Event Date 1909
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
For BB 1910.143 A-E: 'Accession Register: 'Bronze mortars.'
Event Date 1910
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
For BB 1910.143 B: 'Five mortars and one pestle.
bronze mortar, showing five lions rampant, crowned'
Event Date 23/8/2000
Author: Clare McKenna

Description (Physical description)
For BB 1910.143 A-E: 'Five mortars and one pestle.
Event Date 23/8/2000
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Mortar of copper alloy. Everted rim; straight body with ridged band at top; two opposing strap handles with circular cross-sections; flared base that is centrally domed so that the vessel can roll in circular motion. The body is decorated with five crowned lions in upright 'rampant' profile, as in heraldic coats of arms; three on one side and two on the opposing side.
Event Date 8/2/2024
Author: Clare McKenna