Bottle Ticket
1793-1794 (made)
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The word ‘Hollands’ engraved on this bottle ticket refers to the Dutch spirit ‘Hollands Gin’.
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.
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.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Engraved silver |
| Brief description | Silver, London hallmarks for 1793-4, mark of Thomas Phipps and Edward Robinson |
| Physical description | Bottle Ticket "HOLLANDS". Silver, octagonal with triple reeded border, from the top of which rises a shield supported by two scrolls and engraved with a crest (a stag's head erased) by which it is hinged to a ring, the ring contracting before attachment to the hinge. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
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| Gallery label | "HOLLANDS"
London, 1793-4
Mark of Thomas Phipps and Edward Robinson
P.J. Cropper Bequest
M.39-1944 |
| Credit line | P. J. Cropper Bequest |
| Object history | Bequest - P. J. Cropper per W J Sheldrick Acquisition RF: 44 / 177 |
| Production | Reason For Production: Retail |
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| Summary | The word ‘Hollands’ engraved on this bottle ticket refers to the Dutch spirit ‘Hollands Gin’. 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. |
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| Accession number | M.39-1944 |
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| Record created | September 10, 2004 |
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