Silver - Day Two - 20th July 2011

Lot 589

A 18th century Battersea enamel wine label

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £1900

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Description

A 18th century Battersea enamel wine label, circa 1760, escutcheon form, decorated with a wrestling cherub and satyr, draped over a barrel of port, and titled 'CHAMPAIN', within a landscape scene with vineyards, length 7cm. For another similar example see Salter, J, Wine Labels A Worldwide History 1730-2003, Antique Collectors' Club, 2004, page 14.