Bottle Ticket
1795-1796 (made)
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Bottle tickets identified the contents of a bottle or decanter, which might alternatively contain spirits, sauces, toilet waters or cordials. Contemporary gazettes begin to refer to ‘labels for bottles’ in the 1770s but it was not until the 1790s that they were established as wine or decanter labels.
These tickets also illustrate, in miniature, the skills of the silversmith over the last two hundred years. While the variety of styles and materials was enormous, silver bottle tickets tended to reflect fashionable designs and technical advances in metalware generally.
These tickets also illustrate, in miniature, the skills of the silversmith over the last two hundred years. While the variety of styles and materials was enormous, silver bottle tickets tended to reflect fashionable designs and technical advances in metalware generally.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, repousse and engraved |
| Brief description | Silver, London hallmarks for 1795-6, mark of James Hyde |
| Physical description | One of a pair of bottle tickets, bearing the words, "PORT" and "WHITE", this example with the word white refering to white port. Silver, repousse and engraved: the lettering on a widened heraldic wreath surmounted by an amoured arm, couped and embowed, resting on the elbow, the hand open (Armstrong); chains attached. |
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| Gallery label | "WHITE"
London, 1795-6
P.J. Cropper Bequest
M.1115-1944 |
| Credit line | P. J. Cropper Bequest |
| Object history | Bequest - P. J. Cropper per W J Sheldrick Acquisition RF: 44 / 177 |
| Summary | Bottle tickets identified the contents of a bottle or decanter, which might alternatively contain spirits, sauces, toilet waters or cordials. Contemporary gazettes begin to refer to ‘labels for bottles’ in the 1770s but it was not until the 1790s that they were established as wine or decanter labels. These tickets also illustrate, in miniature, the skills of the silversmith over the last two hundred years. While the variety of styles and materials was enormous, silver bottle tickets tended to reflect fashionable designs and technical advances in metalware generally. |
| Associated object | M.1114-1944 (Set) |
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| Accession number | M.1115-1944 |
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| Record created | September 10, 2004 |
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