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. This design of an armoured arm resting on an elbow with the hand open is the Armstrong family crest. Here it is has been adapted to hang round the neck of a bottle or decanter of port wine.
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 are also miniature illustrations of 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.
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 are also miniature illustrations of 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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| Materials and techniques | Silver, repousse and engraved |
| Brief description | Silver, London hallmarks for 1795-1796, mark of James Hyde. |
| Physical description | Bottle ticket with the word PORT. Silver, repousse and engraved, the lettering on a widened, heraldic wreath surmounted by an armoured arm, couped and embowed, resting on an elbow, the hand open (Armstrong); chain. |
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| Credit line | P. J. Cropper Bequest |
| Object history | Acquisition RF: 44 / 177 Bequest - P.J. Cropper per W J Sheldrick |
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| Summary | Bottle tickets identified the contents of a bottle or decanter, which might alternatively contain spirits, sauces, toilet waters or cordials. This design of an armoured arm resting on an elbow with the hand open is the Armstrong family crest. Here it is has been adapted to hang round the neck of a bottle or decanter of port wine. 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 are also miniature illustrations of 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.1115-1944 (Set) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.1114-1944 |
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| Record created | March 3, 2004 |
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