Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1600 - 1700; Classification(s): lead-glazed earthenware, bottle, slip-trailing, earthenware with slip-trailed decoration under lead glaze; Acquisition: bequeathed by Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr, 1928, Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest [Gl.C.36-1928]
Description: Bottle. Red earthenware with cream slip-trailed decoration under lead glaze. Square-shaped, tapering slightly towards the rounded shoulders in which there is a circular hole. Covered in a trailed inscription 'IAMES: WANEL: ND/ FEARE GOD THE LORD/ AND FAST AND PRAY/ *ABCDEFGHIKLMTHE'.