English Bell-Metal Mortar, inscribed ‘IOSEPH LANE 1672’. Manufactured at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, London

English bell-metal mortar, inscribed ‘IOSEPH LANE 1672’, manufactured by Anthony Bartlet (master founder, 1640-1675) at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, London in 1672.
The waist is inscribed in Roman letters: ‘IOSEPH LANE 1672’. Joseph Lane is presumably the name of the apothecary who commissioned the mortar.
The rim has one plain band, and below this another band decorated with trefoil (3-leaved) flowers.
The waist, below the inscription, has two moulded rings. The base is solid.