Peterhead - a rare Scottish provincial wine label
Auction: 14 August 2012 at 15:00 BST
£3,000
Description
William Ferguson, marked PHD, WF, of simple crescent from inscribed RED-PORT, suspended from a belcher link chain
Dimensions
6.6cm wide, 15g
Footnote
Notes: while a small number of wine labels by William Ferguson are recorded most have also been seen with accompanying Edinburgh hallmarks, strongly suggesting they were bought in and re marked / overstruck by Ferguson. This piece with simpler decoration and only with local Peterhead marks however strongly points to it being made by him rather than purely retailed.