The Arthur Holder Collection of Silver & Vertu (Part 1) - 25th October 2016

Lot 277

A pair of early-Victorian silver wine labels

Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £380

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Description

A pair of early-Victorian silver wine labels,

by Rawlings and Summers, London 1838,

rectangular form, canted corners, reeded borders, engraved with a coronet and a crest, and incised 'BURGUNDY' and 'CLARET', length 4cm, approx. weight 0.6oz. (2)

The crest is that of Gore, with a coronet appropriate to Philip York Gore, who succeeded as 4th Earl Arran of the Arran Islands in 1837, and married Elizabeth Napier in 1838.