Bottle Ticket
1814-1815 (made)
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This label would have hung round the neck of a bottle containing ‘Teneriff’ wine.
Bottle tickets such as this one 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 in metalware generally.
Bottle tickets such as this one 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 in metalware generally.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Silver |
Brief description | Silver, Dublin hallmarks for 1814-15, mark of John Teare |
Physical description | Bottle ticket with the word TENERIFF(sic). Silver, irregular curved oblong with chain. |
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Credit line | P. J. Cropper Bequest |
Object history | Acquisition RF: 44 / 177 Bequest - P.J. Cropper per W J Sheldrick |
Summary | This label would have hung round the neck of a bottle containing ‘Teneriff’ wine. Bottle tickets such as this one 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 in metalware generally. |
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Accession number | M.62-1944 |
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Record created | March 3, 2004 |
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