Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 30 Oct 2018

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A rare mid-18th century Battersea enamel wine label

£800 - £1,200 £1,400

A rare mid-18th century Battersea enamel wine label,

circa 1755,

escutcheon form, with a cupid in front of rows of tents, holding a banner, titled 'CLARET', length 6.6cm.

Provenance: Dr. Bernard Watney Collection.

The reverse with an old collection label No.1356.

For a similar label see Salter, J., Wine Labels, 1730-2003, Antique Collector's Club in association with the Wine Label Circle, 2004, page 295, fig. 997.

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