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Wine Bottle

1641 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
London (made)

Tin-glazed earthenware wine bottle, inscribed in blue "WHIT WINE/ 1641" with a paraph below. Globular form with cylindrical neck, splay foot, slightly concave on underside, a strap handle connecting the upper neck to the shoulder, grooved on exterior with V-shaped lower terminal. Buff earthenware body with white, lightly crazed glaze; underside unglazed.

Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Earthenware
Containers
Drinking
Object type
Wine bottle
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Cobalt Blue
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Delftware. Tin-glazed earthenware wine bottle, with the inscription 'Whit Wine, 1641', England, 1641.
Physical description
Tin-glazed earthenware wine bottle, inscribed in blue "WHIT WINE/ 1641" with a paraph below. Globular form with cylindrical neck, splay foot, slightly concave on underside, a strap handle connecting the upper neck to the shoulder, grooved on exterior with V-shaped lower terminal. Buff earthenware body with white, lightly crazed glaze; underside unglazed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.5cm
  • Diameter: 12.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
'WHIT WINE/ 1641' (Decoration; on side of body; painted)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber, 1885. Acquired by her from Monsignor de Bethune, Bruges, May 7, 1876.
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: 818. Hodgkin, No: 236. Rackham Schreiber, Pl: 1. Lipski and Archer, No: 1266.
Other numbers
  • E 3 - Delftware (1997) cat. no.
  • Sch. II 2 - Schreiber number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
414:818-1885

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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