A London Delftware wine bottle, dated 1650
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A London Delftware wine bottle, dated 1650
The globular body raised on a short spreading foot, a looped strap handle with a pointed lower terminal applied at the back, the front inscribed in blue 'CLARET 1650' above a curlicue flourish, 15.6cm high (some fine glaze cracks and chips to the footrim)
Sold for £3,750 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • The year 1650 is a popular date found on inscribed London wine bottles. Twelve examples inscribed for Claret 1650 are listed by Louis Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware (1984), p 329. A very similar example is shown as fig 1424

Category: Decorative Arts / British Ceramics

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