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This is a simplified version of such a bottle, somewhat squatter and with a more practical strap handle.<br><br><b>Collectors & Collecting</b><br>These so-called sack bottles became a favourite with collectors when delftware became fashionable in the early 20th century. From a collector's point of view, they had everything. They frequently survived in unmarked condition and usually bore a date as well as royalist emblems; furthermore, they were firmly connected with wine-drinking. These impractical vessels are entirely untypical of mid-17th century London delftware production. They owe their survival simply to the fact that they were given as presents (probably at old New Year, March 25th), and that they were display items, seldom if ever used. Nonetheless, as treasured pieces of ceramic propaganda they do evoke the spirit of the times.","physicalDescription":"A crown and the inscription SACK 1643 in blue.\nBody colour: Buff.\nGlaze: White, thick and lumpy.\nShape: Underside unglazed, concave without foot-rim.  Handle flat on the inside, concave on the outside with short V-shaped terminal.  Two grooves at top of neck.  (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":[{"text":"earthenware","id":"x29356"},{"text":"tin glaze","id":"AAT233436"},{"text":"cobalt oxide","id":"AAT233422"}],"techniques":[{"text":"glazed","id":"AAT53914"},{"text":"painted","id":"AAT54216"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in cobalt blue","categories":[{"text":"Delftware","id":"THES48969"},{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Earthenware","id":"THES48964"},{"text":"Containers","id":"THES48972"},{"text":"Drinking","id":"THES48965"},{"text":"British Galleries","id":"THES48985"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006AW0140","2006AJ5278","2017JU6473","2019LX2129"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"56D (VA)","id":"THES49242"},"free":"","case":"CA3","shelf":"","box":"10"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Wine bottle","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1643","earliest":"1643-01-01","latest":"1643-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"15.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"11.1","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 06/06/2000 by KB\n\nPublished in Archer, Delftware, 1997.","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'SACK 1643'.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"painted","position":"on side of body.","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"on side of body.; painted"}],"objectHistory":"Mr L. Gautier, London. Wallace Elliot Bequest, 1938.\nExhibited: Rijksmuseum, No: 30.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Earthenware bottle, painted decoration depicting a crown and an inscription, London, 1643.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Archer, Michael. <font -u>Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum</font>. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. 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Sack was a fortified wine, similar to sherry.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["C.114-1938"],"accessionNumberNum":"114","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1938,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"<u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.","id":"THES50964"},"number":"E4."}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LP9757","2019LP1046","2019LU5752","2019LW3655"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-20","recordCreationDate":"2000-01-29","availableToBook":false}}