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Wine bottles

Decoration: Painted. Primary decoration includes bird-on-rock, insect, flowering plant, and flying bird motifs. Borders composed of scrolls, trellis-work, dots, and straight lines. Dated 1628 (D219 running in glaze) under handles.
Place of origin: Southwark, London, probably Pickleherring

Date: 1628
Collections: Longridge Ceramics Collection; Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture
Description of Original: Delftware, H.: 7 3/8" (18.7 cm); Diam. (body): 5" (12.7 cm); Diam. (with handle): 5 5/8" (14.3 cm)
Subject: Beverage wares
Part of: Longridge Collection
Referenced by: Grigsby, Leslie B. The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware. London: Jonathan Horne Publications, 2000.
Location of Originals: Longridge Collection : D218; Longridge Collection : D219
For Staff: METS