A George III heraldic wine label
£620
Auction: Jewellery, Silver & Watches
Description
maker's mark only, TH crown above, for Thomas Hyde, London circa 1760, modelled as a dove, wings spread and on a chapeaux pierced for Port
Dimensions
Width: 50mm, weight: 13.2g
Footnote
Provenance :The David Constable Collection of Drinking Vessels & Wine Labels
Provenance. Tom Allder Collection, through Nick Shaw
Crest: A Dove rising (….?....). There are a number of falcons and other birds of prey ‘rising’ employed as crests in British heraldry and therefore it is difficult to effect an identification of this particular crest to one family, however could possibly be for the Baird family of Scotland