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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.  Their function was to identify the contents of a bottle or decanter, which might alternatively contain spirits, sauces, toilet waters or cordials.  These tickets also illustrate in miniature, the skills of the silversmith over the last two hundred years.  While the variety of styles and materials were enormous, silver bottle tickets tended to reflect fashionable designs in metalware generally.  Makers were quick to adapt the many technical advances of the 18th and 19th centuries.","physicalDescription":"Bottle ticket with the the word SHERRY.  Silver, plain scroll terminating in repoussé vine clusters and chain attached.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"George Unite and Sons","id":"A7559"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silver","id":"AAT11029"}],"techniques":[{"text":"repoussé","id":"AAT54023"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Silver, stamped and engraved.","categories":[{"text":"Drinking","id":"THES48965"},{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2011ET7379"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"011","id":"THES412488"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Bottle ticket","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Birmingham","id":"x28748"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1890-1891","earliest":"1890-05-29","latest":"1891-05-28"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"AM/MET/0001","id":"ARC257664"},"association":""}],"creditLine":"P. 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This has been digitised in full and can be viewed online by searching the V&A Archives. Ref: AM/MET/0001 or at V&A Storehouse.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Silver, Birmingham,1890-91, mark of George Unite and Sons.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<u>Wine Labels 1730-2003. A Worldwide History</u>. Edited and co-authored by John Salter. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club / The Wine Label Circle, 2004. 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