Bin label, one of four, "MOSELL"

Dateca. 1800

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)

DimensionsOL: 5 3/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1957-99,1

DescriptionFlat plaque shaped like the gable end of a building with a ring projecting from the top. Bluish tin glaze, with edges and reverse unglazed, inscribed "MOSELL" in blue.
Label TextLabels designed to hang in wine cellars bore the name of a wine or sometimes a number. They were produced from the last years of the eighteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century, the earlier ones in delft and the later in creamware, pearlware, or whiteware.

This label is inscribed "MOSELL," a reference to a dry white Alsatian wine from the Moselle River that was imported into England by the seventeenth century.

The London attribution is based on the color of the lettering and the glaze.
Inscribed"MOSELL" inscribed in blue on the front. "Sherry L_____ & G____" written on the reverse in whatlooks like pencil.
MarkingsNone
ProvenanceJoseph Vizcarra, Lombard, IL