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DS1983-411
Wine bottle
DS1983-411

Wine bottle

Date1650
MediumTin-glazed earnthenware (delft)
DimensionsH: 6 3/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1978-123
DescriptionGlobular bottle with narrow banded neck, strap-loop handle, and flared base. White tin glaze decorated in blue with the inscription “CLARET 1650" and figure-eight swirls beneath.
Label TextThe term claret was originally used for yellowish or light red wine, but by the time this bottle was made the term seems to have been used for red wine in general. Of the three primary names of wine listed on seventeenth-century wine bottles, "claret" is the rarest, with just under a quarter so inscribed. "White wine" in its various forms is inscribed on just over a quarter, and the most common, "sack," is inscribed on more than half. The rare inscription "Renish" appears on two bottles and "New connary" on one.
Inscribed"CLARET / 1650"
MarkingsNo
ProvenanceJellinek & Sampson Antiques
DS1983-544
1720-1750
No image number on slide
ca. 1680
Mug 1960-7
1674 (dated)
DS1989-0416
1700-1730
C1989-461
ca. 1750
DS1990-0578
ca. 1770
KC1058
1748 (dated)
DS1989-0342
1696 (dated)
KC1967-745
1731 (dated)