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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 143, The Timothy Sainsbury Gallery

Decanter Bottle

ca. 1685 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Brown salt-glazed stoneware globular decanter bottle, with applied circular medallions containing the intials 'I' and 'D' (for John Dwight) at the shoulder; broken and repaired


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware, thrown, with applied decoration
Brief description
Stoneware with initials 'I & D', part of the body missing, Fulham Pottery, London, 17th century. MoL no. 97.90/49 (FP76)
Physical description
Brown salt-glazed stoneware globular decanter bottle, with applied circular medallions containing the intials 'I' and 'D' (for John Dwight) at the shoulder; broken and repaired
Dimensions
  • Height: 18cm (approx.)
  • Diameter: 14cm
Credit line
Lent by the Museum of London. Copyright Museum of London
Object history
Excavated from the site of John Dwight's Fulham Pottery. The bottle was evidently made for use in Dwight's household.
Collection
Accession number
LOAN:MUSEUMLONDON.73-2009

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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