Lot 352
A rare George III Society wine label
Auction: Jewellery, Silver & Watches
£3,500
Description
James Phipps, London circa 1780, of scroll form, pierced for Claret, with Irish harp surmount, engraved to rear "It's new strung and WILL be heard"
Dimensions
Width: 45mm, weight: 10g
Footnote
Provenance: Ex. Tom Allder Collection through Nick Shaw
Provenance :The David Constable Collection of Drinking Vessels & Wine Labels
Note: Reverse engraving is motto for The Society of United Irishmen along with the harp motif. In "Wine Labels" John Salter comments that these labels are rare and this is the fifth in the set and another, a sixth has been discovered and illustrated in the Wine Label Circle journal, Spring 2012 Vol 13 no.2.
Illus. Salter, John. Wine Labels 1730-2003 p. 85-86, A.C.C., 2004.