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Corps à Corps aperitif

Bottle Label
1951 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bottle label printed in colour with illustrations of two pairs of fencers, text in gold and red on black.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCorps à Corps aperitif (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour process engraving
Brief description
'Corps à Corps aperitif'. Bottle label illustrating two pairs of fencers, colour process engraving, Yugoslavian, ca.1951.
Physical description
Bottle label printed in colour with illustrations of two pairs of fencers, text in gold and red on black.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 16.2cm
  • Sheet width: 8.9cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963
Content description
Illustrated with two pairs of fencers, white silhouettes, one at top, the other at bottom. In the top right hand corner is an illustration of a ship.
Marks and inscriptions
'Produit de Yougoslavie / Corps à Corps aperitif / Fabrique de Liquers [sic] Ajdovscina' (Lettered)
Credit line
Given by the Editor of Modern Publicity
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Collection
Accession number
E.1864-1952

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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