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Sack was a strong sweet imported wine, roughly equivalant to modern sherry. Although delftware bottles were too porous to allow them to be used as storage vessels, they would have been quite adequate for serving.<br><br><b>People</b><br>The sketchy but heroic portrait of Charles II in his armour is probably an allusion to his appearance at the Battle of Worcester in 1651, where after the decisive defeat of the Royalists, Charles II hid in the Boscobel Oak. Although his return to the English throne in 1660 was entirely bloodless, it still suited his English Royalist supporters to imagine him reclaiming his rightful position through bravery on the field of battle.<br><br><b>Design & Designing</b><br>'Sack' bottles, whose shape ultimately derived from imported German brown stoneware bottles, offered a perfect surface for decoration. There is evidence also that they were given as New Year gifts, which would explain the inscribed dates and the fact that these bottles have survived unscathed in comparatively large numbers.","physicalDescription":"Charles II in armour holding a marshal's baton with a crown above, painted in blue and yellow inscribed ChARLs THE 2D.\nBody colour: Buff.\nGlaze: White with thick greenish areas of extra (?) glaze and much crazed.\nShape: Underside unglazed, except for a tiny area, concave without foot-rim.  Handle oval, flattened on outside.  Short V-shaped lower terminal.  (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. <font -u>Delftware</font>. 1997)","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[{"text":"glazed","id":"AAT53914"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Tin-glazed earthenware","categories":[{"text":"Delftware","id":"THES48969"},{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Earthenware","id":"THES48964"},{"text":"Containers","id":"THES48972"},{"text":"Royalty","id":"THES48899"},{"text":"British Galleries","id":"THES48985"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006AN2133","2006AW0130","2006AN2132","2017KA4040"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"54B (VA)","id":"THES49248"},"free":"","case":"CA14","shelf":"","box":"16"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Wine bottle","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"probably"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1660-1665","earliest":"1660-01-01","latest":"1665-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Miss Annette and Miss Katharine Thicknesse","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"14.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"12","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"including handle","note":""},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"11.4","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 06/06/2000 by KB","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'ChARLs THE 2D'.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"painted","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"painted"}],"objectHistory":"Given by Miss Annette and Miss Katharine Thicknesse, Wimbledon, 1922.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Wine bottle, tin-glazed earthenware, decorated with an image of Charles II and an inscription, Probably London, ca. 1660-1665.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Archer, Michael. <font -u>Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. 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The different images of Charles II on these two pieces are very simple; they probably derive from prints available at the time.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["C.1042-1922"],"accessionNumberNum":"1042","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1922,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"<u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.","id":"THES50964"},"number":"E12."}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LP9759","2019LP5401","2019LU5783","2019LV7096"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-20","recordCreationDate":"2000-01-29","availableToBook":false}}