A LONDON DELFT DATED BLUE AND WHITE 'WHIT' WINE-BOTTLE

1647, PROBABLY SOUTHWARK

Details

A LONDON DELFT DATED BLUE AND WHITE 'WHIT' WINE-BOTTLE
1647, PROBABLY SOUTHWARK
Of conventional type, named in blue WHIT above the date 1647 and a flourish
6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Sir John Evans; Christie's, London, 14 February 1911, lot 7.
Miss S. Minet; Sotheby's, London, 18 July 1950, lot 49.
Thomas Burn, Rous Lench Court; Sotheby's, London, 1 July 1986, lot 19.

Literature

Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware, Tin-Glazed Earthenware 1600-1800, London, 1984, p. 1342 (unillustrated).
Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D226.

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Lot Essay

White delft wine bottles were produced in quantities, often labeled for their contents: 'Sack', a yellowish white wine produced in the Canary Islands, similar to today's light sherry; 'Whit' or white wine; and 'Claret', a light red wine. Dates on 17th century examples range between 1621 and 1676, with over seventy percent dated between 1644 and 1652. For further information on this class of wares, see Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware, London, 1984, Chapter 5; John C. Austin, British Delft at Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1994, nos. 3-8; and Michael Archer, Delftware, A Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum , London, 1997, pp. 268-271.

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