A VERY RARE ENGLISH DELFT SACK BOTTLE DATED 1644.

A very rare English delft sack bottle dated 1644.

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I was very fortunate to be able to buy this wonderful little dated English delft sack bottle from the collection of the late Anthony Thwaite. He was a scholar, editor and gifted poet and in addition extremely knowledgeable about pottery. In 1968 he was awarded the Richard Hilary Prize for literature. The prize was £300 and he was determined to spend it on something memorable and he bought this sack bottle from Jellinek and Vermoutier in London for £280 which was a considerable amount of money at the time. It is illustrated fig. 1296 in "Dated English Delftware" by Lipski and Archer and measures 6 inches high.

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