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Bottle (Water bottle or guglet)
1750-1820
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
1977.0093
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Mayer
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Object Number
1977.0093
Object Name
Bottle (Water bottle or guglet)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Origin Notes
The place of origin of the color decoration cannot be determined.
Date
1750-1820
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: "D.M. & P. MANHEIM (red print)/ STAFFS. SALT GLAZE (black ink)/ circa 1760 (black ink)/ GUARANTEED GENUINE (red print)".
Type: Mark
Location: Interior rim
Inscription: Burnt-orange enameler's mark(?)
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Painted
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
8.4 (H) x 5.1 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
21.4 (H) x 12.9 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 05//2016 Flowery Thoughts: Ceramic Vases & Floral Ornament at Winterthur. Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show (catalogue). 6-12.
• Published: p. 11, pl. 14Book: Edwards, Diana & Hampson, Rodney. 2005 White Salt-glazed Stoneware of the British Isles.
• Published: p. 62, col. pl. 44, noting possibly London decorated.Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 01//2001 Chinese Motifs on English Earthenware and Stoneware at Winterthur. Washington Antiques Show Catalogue. 84-86.
• Published: p. 85, fig. 2Book: Espir, Helen. 2005 European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain, 1700-1830.
• Chinese armorial plate, c. 1740, with 1780-1820 English enamelling resembling that on Winterthur salt-glazed bottle: p. 240, no. 44.Book: Mountford, Arnold R. 1971 The Illustrated Guide to Staffordshire Salt-Glazed Stoneware.
• Oddly Chinese famille-rose type butterflies and flowers on salt-glazed stoneware vase: fig. 204, perhaps by same hand as Winterthur bottle>Article: Edwards, Diana & Hastings, Lynne Dakin. 2006 "Ceramics at Hampton, Baltimore County, Maryland". Ceramics in America. 139-159.
• Chinese blue and white porcelain bottle with similar "clobbered" enamel butterflies: p. 155, fig. 31Book: Godden, Geoffrey A. 2004 Godden's Guide to English Blue and White Porcelain.
• Worcester blue and white vase with later enameling in similar style: p. 48, no. 41 (right).