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Wine Bottle

1662 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Lambeth (made)

Wine bottle. Inscribed 'CLARET/ 1662' with a paraph below in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Pinkish white with small specks. Underside unglazed.
Shape: Concave on underside. Handle slightly grooved on inside, rounded on exterior with V-shaped lower terminal. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)

Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Earthenware
Containers
Drinking
SCRAN
Object type
Wine bottle
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Wine bottle, tin-glazed earthenware, inscribed 'CLARET 1662', London, dated 1662.
Physical description
Wine bottle. Inscribed 'CLARET/ 1662' with a paraph below in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Pinkish white with small specks. Underside unglazed.
Shape: Concave on underside. Handle slightly grooved on inside, rounded on exterior with V-shaped lower terminal. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.3cm
  • Diameter: 11.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'CLARET/ 1662' painted in blue
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Purchased from Taylor, Cambridge? by the Museum of Practical Geology before 1871, probably in 1862. Transferred, 1901.
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
  • M.P.G. 1871 and 1876, Y. 3. Church, p.41, Fig: 33. (Wrong Museum number quoted). Lipski and Archer, No: 1492.
Other number
E13. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
3832-1901

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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