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Bottle ticket
Farrell, Edward, born 1779 - died 1850 - Enlarge image
Bottle ticket
- Place of origin:
London, England (made)
- Date:
1825-1826 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Farrell, Edward, born 1779 - died 1850 (maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Silver
- Credit Line:
P. J. Cropper Bequest
- Museum number:
M.967-1944
- Gallery location:
Silver, room 67, case 4, shelf 7
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 in metalware generally.
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