Bottle Ticket
ca. 1880 (made)
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Bottle tickets identified the contents of a bottle or decanter, which might alternatively contain spirits, sauces, toilet waters or cordials. This ticket identifies the contents as sherry, a fortified wine from Jerez de la Frontera in southern Spain.
Contemporary gazettes begin to refer to ‘labels for bottles’ in the 1770s but it was not until the 1790s that they were established as wine or decanter labels. The variety of styles and materials was enormous. This example is made of electroplated nickel silver where the nickel base has been coated with a thin layer of silver deposited onto it by electrolysis. The British firm Elkington & Co. pioneered the electroplating technique in the 1830s and by the 1840s it rapidly replaced Sheffield plate.
Contemporary gazettes begin to refer to ‘labels for bottles’ in the 1770s but it was not until the 1790s that they were established as wine or decanter labels. The variety of styles and materials was enormous. This example is made of electroplated nickel silver where the nickel base has been coated with a thin layer of silver deposited onto it by electrolysis. The British firm Elkington & Co. pioneered the electroplating technique in the 1830s and by the 1840s it rapidly replaced Sheffield plate.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Electroplated nickel silver |
| Brief description | Electroplate, Birmingham ca.1880, mark of John Gilbert. |
| Physical description | Bottle ticket with the word SHERRY. Electroplated nickel silver, oval with lobed ends, triple reeded edge and chain attached. |
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| Credit line | P. J. Cropper Bequest |
| Summary | Bottle tickets identified the contents of a bottle or decanter, which might alternatively contain spirits, sauces, toilet waters or cordials. This ticket identifies the contents as sherry, a fortified wine from Jerez de la Frontera in southern Spain. Contemporary gazettes begin to refer to ‘labels for bottles’ in the 1770s but it was not until the 1790s that they were established as wine or decanter labels. The variety of styles and materials was enormous. This example is made of electroplated nickel silver where the nickel base has been coated with a thin layer of silver deposited onto it by electrolysis. The British firm Elkington & Co. pioneered the electroplating technique in the 1830s and by the 1840s it rapidly replaced Sheffield plate. |
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| Accession number | M.180-1944 |
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| Record created | February 8, 2005 |
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