A Westerwald stoneware square flask or bottle early 18th century

A Westerwald stoneware square flask or bottle early 18th century, the four sides each decorated with a scrolling blue design, the rounded shoulders with a grey trefoil motif, the neck fitted with a fixed wooden stopper, 27.3cm.

Together with a letter dated 7th February 1928 from Bernard Rackham at the V&A Museum, addressed to the then owner, Harold E Matthews, Esq.