Bottle Ticket
1842-1843 (made)
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The word claret is an English name for a light, red wine made in the Bordeaux region of south-west France. 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.
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 | Silver |
| Brief description | Silver, mark of Rawlings and Summers, London hallmarks for 1842-1843 |
| Physical description | Bottle ticket with the word CLARET (pierced lettering), one of a set of four. Silver, fancy escutcheon with border of repousse scrollwork and chain attached. |
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| Credit line | P. J. Cropper Bequest |
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| Summary | The word claret is an English name for a light, red wine made in the Bordeaux region of south-west France. 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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| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.348-1944 |
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| Record created | December 22, 2004 |
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