Silver & Objects of Vertu - 19th July 2017

Lot 897

A rare mid-18th century Battersea enamel wine label

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £420

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Description

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

circa 1755,

escutcheon form, with two cupids in front of rows of tents, holding a banner, titled 'CLARET', some damage, length 6.6cm.

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.

Provenance: Sotheby's, London 6 November 1997, lot 317, part.