Bottle
Date1675-1676
Maker
John Dwight
(1633-1703)
Maker
John Dwight's Fulham Pottery
(1668-?)
OriginEngland, Fulham
MediumBrown salt-glazed stoneware
DimensionsOH: 8 1/2 inches
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2011-68
DescriptionBrown salt-glazed stoneware bottle of ovoid shape with slender reeded neck and strap handle. Opposite the handle is an applied circular medallion bearing a cock under the initials H.C all within a 1/4 inch hatched border.Label TextBrown salt-glazed stoneware bottle of ovoid shape with slender reeded neck and strap handle. Opposite the handle is an applied circular medallion bearing a cock under the initials H.C all within a 1/4 inch hatched border.
Fragments of two English brown salt-glazed stoneware bottles very similar to this example have been excavated archaeologically from the site of Barrett's Ferry on the banks of the Chickahominy and James Rivers known as Barrett's Ferry (44JC1123). The fragments, which have been attributed to John Dwight's pottery, were recovered along with other artifacts from the 1670s. To date the only Dwight medallion known in America, the fragmentary seal depicts the leg and foot of a bird. Various badges featuring birds such as owls, hens, doves, geese, storks, swans, and eagles, primarily dating to 1675-1676, have been excavated at Dwight's pottery. His sealed bottles appear to have been made for specific individuals, many of whom were tavern keepers. This bottle, whose seal is very similar to the one excavated from Barrett's Ferry, was mad for Henry Crosse, owner and operator of the Cock Alehouse in London.
ProvenancePreviously in the private collection of Jonathan Horne.
Exhibition(s)
1625-1650
1793-1796
ca. 1750
ca. 1715
1689-1702
ca. 1660
1793-1796
1724 - 1740
1850-1860
ca. 1822
ca. 1780
ca. 1805