Sack bottle

Lambeth Factories

ca. 1644 · Tin-enameled earthenware · The American Wing

Pear-shaped delftware bottles were produced in the potteries of Southwark and Lambeth, England, throughout the seventeenth century. Many of these simple bottles were inscribed with just the name of the spirit and the date in blue underglaze. This example once contained sack, a dry, sweet wine from Spain or Portugal.

Artist

Lambeth Factories

Date

ca. 1644

Medium

Tin-enameled earthenware

Culture

British

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore, 1937