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Bottle Label

1951 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bottle label with text inside an oval border, within a rectangle. At the top of the label is an illustration of a Chateau; at the bottom a coat of arms, coloured with red.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Colour process engraving
Brief description
Bottle label (one of three) designed by Herbert Ott, printed and issued by the Kunstalt Krugmann, Fürth, Bavaria, ca.1951.
Physical description
Bottle label with text inside an oval border, within a rectangle. At the top of the label is an illustration of a Chateau; at the bottom a coat of arms, coloured with red.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 12.4cm
  • Width: 8.9cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Marks and inscriptions
'Frankreich / Château Montrose / Bordeaux / Oder Mit Jedem Beliebigen Eindruck / Kunstanstalt Krugmann, Fürth (Bay.) / Nr.3211 1000 Stück DM 14. - / Eindruck extra. / Nr. 3211 Krugmann' (Lettered)
Credit line
Given by the Editor of Modern Publicity
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Collection
Accession number
E.1856-1952

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Record createdNovember 27, 2006
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