Silver and Objects of Vertu including the Richmond and Doncaster Cups - 18th October 2006

Lot 415

A rare early Victorian heraldic wine label

Estimate £2,000 - £2,500 | Hammer £2600

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Description

A rare early Victorian heraldic wine label, in the form of an ostrich with a horseshoe in its beak * on a cap of maintenance, pierced "SHERRY", unmarked c.1840. * For Viscount Coke, Earl of Leicester. See Wine Labels 1730-2003 by John Salter pp 95, 98 & 158 for similar labels.