Lot 386
Regimental interest - A rare Victorian cast silver gilt wine label
Auction: Jewellery, Silver & Watches
£1,125
Description
Rawlings and Sumner, London 1855, modelled naturalistically as an oak leaf, pierced for Sherry, engraved to the rear with the crest and badge
Dimensions
Width: 57mm, weight: 14g
Footnote
Provenance :The David Constable Collection of Drinking Vessels & Wine Labels
Provenance: Ex Lank Collection, Bonham's Oct 2010, lot 187, through Billy Buck.
The Badge of the 22nd Regiment of Foot is engraved upon the reverse of this wine label. The regiment was raised by the then Duke of Norfolk in 1689 and was able to boast an independent existence of over 300 years.