Not on display

Bottle Ticket

1834-1835 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bottle tickets identified the contents of a bottle or decanter, which might alternatively contain spirits, sauces, toilet waters or cordials. These tickets identify the contents as CHAMBERTIN, a Burgundy red wine, and MARCOBRUNNER, a Rhine 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 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
Silver, pierced
Brief description
Silver, London hallmarks for 1834-1835, mark of Rawlings & Sumners
Physical description
One of a pair of bottle tickets with the word CHAMBERTIN (pierced lettering). Silver, vine-leaf shaped with chain attached.
Dimensions
  • Length: 3.25in
  • Height: 2.5in
Marks and inscriptions
  • Maker's mark of CR over WS for Rawlings and Summers
  • London hallmarks for 1834-1835
  • CHAMBERTIN
Credit line
P. J. Cropper Bequest
Object history
Acquisition RF: 44 / 177
Bequest - P.J. Cropper per W.J. Sheldrick
Subject depicted
Summary
Bottle tickets identified the contents of a bottle or decanter, which might alternatively contain spirits, sauces, toilet waters or cordials. These tickets identify the contents as CHAMBERTIN, a Burgundy red wine, and MARCOBRUNNER, a Rhine 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 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.
Associated object
M.841-1944 (Part)
Collection
Accession number
M.837-1944

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Record createdAugust 1, 2007
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