Silver and Coins - 29 Oct 2008

943

A rare Victorian cast heraldic wine label

£1,500 - £2,000

A rare Victorian cast heraldic wine label, on ostrich proper on a cap of maintenance, with an inverted horseshoe on its beak, pierced 'SHERRY', unmarked, probably dating from 1840-1860. Literature See wine labels 1730-2003, by Salter pp94, 98 & 158 for details and images of this form of label, extant examples seem to have been made by C. Rawlings & W. Summers and they represent the Arms of Coke, Earl of Leicester.

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