Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2018
Lot 587
A rare Victorian silver armorial wine label
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £550
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Description
A rare Victorian silver armorial wine label,
unmarked.
modelled as an ostrich proper standing on a cap, with a worm in its beak, pierced 'SHERRY', length on a cap of maintenance, with an inverted horseshoe on its beak, pierced 'SHERRY', length 6.7cm.
For similar examples see: Salter, J., Wine Labels 1730-2003, The Antique Collector's Club 2004, pages 94, 98 and 158.
The Arms of Coke, Earl of Leicester.