Wine Bottle
ca. 1680 (made)
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Wine bottle of salt-glazed stoneware, with a mottled grey-brown glaze, and bulbous in form with a narrow neck, and moulded at the mouth, with a small foot, and on the front of the neck is applied a grotesque bearded mask in relief, and on the belly is an oval medallion containing a fleur-de-lys beneath a crown flanked by the initials 'C' and 'R'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Salt-glazed stoneware and moulded |
| Brief description | Wine bottle of salt-glazed stoneware, bulbous in form with a narrow neck, and moulded at the mouth, with a small foot, made by John Dwight's Fulham Pottery, Fulham, ca. 1680. |
| Physical description | Wine bottle of salt-glazed stoneware, with a mottled grey-brown glaze, and bulbous in form with a narrow neck, and moulded at the mouth, with a small foot, and on the front of the neck is applied a grotesque bearded mask in relief, and on the belly is an oval medallion containing a fleur-de-lys beneath a crown flanked by the initials 'C' and 'R'. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'C' and 'R' flanked on either side of a crown and a fleur-de-lys below it (On the belly of the bottle and in a medallion, initials stand for Carolus Rex) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
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| Other number | Sch. II 56 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:850-1885 |
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| Record created | February 17, 2009 |
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