"Bronze Mortar Nice Medals Busts Louis XIII XVIIth Cty"
Superb and rare bronze / brazen mortar with 4 large lys flowers alternating with 2 busts of Louis XIII and Margurite d'Estampes medals ascribed to Jean Warin or VARIN. and 2 musicians plaques, a harp player and a mandolin player.Rouen? early XVIIth century
Sizes height 10,5cm, diameter greater than 14,8cm (lower diameter 9,8cm)
Please have a look on a photo of the same bronze Marguerite d'Estampes medal
On 3 last photos, you can see the full collection of XVth to XVIIth centuries mortars
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Varin
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O313789/marguerite-destampes-medal-warin-jean/
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