Bottle
ca.1660 (made)
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Bottle of salt-glazed stoneware with a narrow neck, swelling belly and narrow neck with cordons, with a bearded man mask, and an applied moulded medallion depicting a seventeenth-century man clutching a drinking glass and stick.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Salt-glazed stoneware, thrown, applied moulded decoration |
| Brief description | Bottle, salt-glazed stoneware, thrown and with an applied moulded medallion, made in Woolwich, ca. 1660 |
| Physical description | Bottle of salt-glazed stoneware with a narrow neck, swelling belly and narrow neck with cordons, with a bearded man mask, and an applied moulded medallion depicting a seventeenth-century man clutching a drinking glass and stick. |
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| Gallery label | Bottle
Made in Woolwich, England, about 1660
Salt-glazed stoneware
C.1-1994
Matching fragments from an experimental kiln excavated at Woolwich Ferry, built by immigrants from the Rhineland(23/05/2008) |
| Object history | Matching fragments from an experimental kiln excavated at Woolwich Ferry in 1974. The kiln was built by immigrants from the Rhineland. This is one of three known surviving products of the pottery and was one of the two excavated in the Folkestone area which were sold at Phillips, Folkestone in 1992. |
| Production | This bottle matches wasters excavated at Woolwich Ferry in 1974, and is one of three known extant products of this pottery. |
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| Accession number | C.1-1994 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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