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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Wine Bottle

1647 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
London (made)

Tin-glazed earthenware wine bottle, inscribed in blue "CLARET/ 1647" with a paraph below. Globular form with short neck, splayed foot, slightly concave on underside, a handle rounded on inside and exterior with V-shaped lower terminal, connecting the upper neck to the shoulder. Buff earthenware body with white glaze, underside unglazed.


Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Earthenware
Containers
Drinking
SCRAN
Object type
Wine bottle
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Cobalt Blue
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Delftware wine bottle of tin-glazed earthenware, painted, London, 1647
Physical description
Tin-glazed earthenware wine bottle, inscribed in blue "CLARET/ 1647" with a paraph below. Globular form with short neck, splayed foot, slightly concave on underside, a handle rounded on inside and exterior with V-shaped lower terminal, connecting the upper neck to the shoulder. Buff earthenware body with white glaze, underside unglazed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.2cm
  • Diameter: 9cm
Marks and inscriptions
'CLARET/ 1647' (Painted on the exterior body)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber, 1885. Purchased by her from Aked, London, September 23, 1884.
Bibliographic references
  • Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8
  • Lady Schreiber, No: 820. Hodgkin, No: 259. Rackham Schreiber, Pl: 1. Lipski and Archer, No: 1346.
Other numbers
  • E8. - Delftware (1997) cat. no.
  • Sch. II 4 - Schreiber number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
414:820-1885

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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