Bin label, one of four, "CLARET"

Dateca. 1800

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)

DimensionsOL: 5 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1957-99,3

DescriptionFlat plaque with a ring projecting from the top. Bluish tin glaze, with edges and reverse unglazed, inscribed "CLARET" in manganese.
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, the earlier ones in delft and the later in creamware, pearlware, or whiteware.

This label is inscribed "CLARET," a term originally used to describe yellowish or light red wine. Starting around 1600, claret seems to refer exclusively to red wine; by 1825 it was described as "any sort of foreign red wine."

The London attribution for this label is based on the color of the lettering and the glaze.
Inscribed"CLARET" inscribed on the front in manganese. "Be ____" in what looks like faded pen on reverse.
MarkingsNone
ProvenanceJoseph Vizcarra, Lombard, IL