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Bottle Ticket

1793-1794 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.

Object details

Categories
Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 1.5in
  • Length: 1.75in
  • Ring diameter: 2in
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • Mark of TP over ER for Thomas Phipps and Edward Robinson
  • London hallmarks for 1793-4
  • Engraved crest, a stag's head erased
  • HOLLANDS
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
Subject depicted
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.
Collection
Accession number
M.39-1944

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
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