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Antique Wine Labels and Bin Labels
Despite wine bottles being made to a standard capacity by being blown in a mould as early as 1821, it was illegal to sell wine by the bottle for another 40 years. When it did happen it caused the introduction of paper labels on bottles, but previously a way had to be found to identify wine bottle contents.
It was achieved by putting all wine from one barrel, or from one consignment, in a compartment in the cellar, called a bin. To identify the contents of a bin, a pottery (usually) label was hung on the cellar wall adjacent to the bin. Sometimes in large houses and under commercial circumstances, a bin would be identified with a number and a cellar book kept to correlate the numbers with the wines.
When the bottle was taken to the dining room and decanted, the decanter contents were also identified by a label, but now it was a small silver (usually) ticket, known today as a wine label.
Wine lables are avidly collected, and we keep a fine selection. We place emphasis on high quality and good condition over rarity of name. We would prefer to have a label for Madeira (the commonest of names) heavily cast in silver and gilded by a royal silversmith, than a lightweight label with a mis-spelt name made in a Scottish provincial town - although the latter might cost several times as much. However we do have rarities as well, from time to time.
9571 A pottery bin lable for PORT
This bin label for Port is the 'square coathanger' type, and has a up-raised suspension... Date: c.1820
Price: UK customers £130, US customers $180
9573 A pottery bin label for 'PORT'
This bin label for port has black lettering against a bluey-white glazed ground. The glaze... Date: c.1840
Price: UK customers £130, US customers $180
9674 A Silver Initial Wine Label for S
This small silver wine label is a type known as postage stamp because it is... Date: 1840
Price: UK customers £95, US customers $135
9758 An Early Cartouche-shape Wine Label for MADEIRA
This is an early example of a silver wine label. It is a well-known pattern... Date: c.1745
Price: UK customers £385, US customers $540
9763 A Magnificent Silver Gilt Wine Label for SHERRY
This is a really fine wine label made in 1806 by Digby Scott and Benjamin... Date: 1806
Price: UK customers £2,950, US customers $4,130
9775 An Enamel Wine Label for Claret
Enamel wine labels are a rarity and this is a pretty example for CLARET. It... Date: 1890
Price: UK customers £425, US customers $595
9785 A fine and Rare Enamel Wine Label for MALAGA
This is a good example of a rare form of English wine label which is... Date: c.1760
Price: UK customers £1,150, US customers $1,610
9807 An Impressive Enamel Wine Label for PORT
This is a fine enamel wine label for port. The label is decorated with sprays... Date: 1748-1753
Price: UK customers £850, US customers $1,190
9830 A Pottery Bin Label for MADEIRA
This is a standard 'coathanger' shaped bin label, and the back is clearly impressed WEDGWOOD.... Date: c.1880
Price: UK customers £140, US customers $195
9856 A Silver Plated Ring Wine Label for SHERRY
As an 'entry-level' wine antique, this has to be a real winner! The label is the... Date: c.1860
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9872 An Important Silver Gilt Wine Label for HOCK
This is among the grandest of English wine labels. It is formed as a leopard's... Date: 1833
Price: UK customers £1,650, US customers $2,310
9873 A Large Shaped Crescent Wine Label for Claret
This is an unusual variety of the crescent shape of wine label which was popular... Date: 1822
Price: UK customers £675, US customers $945
9874 A Cast Silver Wine Label for SHERRY
This is a fine quality cast silver wine label for SHERRY. At this date, 1867... Date: 1867
Price: UK customers £295, US customers $415
9875 A Plain Silver Escutcheon Wine Label for SHERRY
This shape of wine label is known by collectors as an escutcheon. It was among... Date: 1822
Price: UK customers £195, US customers $275
9876 A Small Cast Silver Wine Label for HOCK
This an attractive wine label of relatively small size for a cast label. It is... Date: c.1835
Price: UK customers £165, US customers $230
9877 An Oblong Wine Label with Reeded Edge for SAUTERNE
This is a pretty wine label of a type which remained popular for several decades... Date: 1827
Price: UK customers £210, US customers $295
9879 An Oblong SIlver Wine Label for CLARET
This is a good practical wine label. The overall shape is an oblong, and it... Date: 1825
Price: UK customers £160, US customers $225
9889 A Rare Set of 14 Pottery 'Coathanger' Bin Numbers
This is a very rare part set of bin numbers. Most bin numbers are circular and... Date: c.1860
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9898 A Part Set Of Circular Bin Numbers
Bin numbers were usually made circular and about 3" (75mm) diameter. They were particualrly popular... Date: c.1890
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9919 Two Small Bin Labels for Port & Madeira
These are two unusual bin lables from a set. One bears the legend '2 MADEIRA',... Date: c.1850
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9925 An early Rectangular Silver Wine Label for HOCK
There is something really rather attractive about this wine label - the proportions, the size... Date: c.1760
Price: UK customers £420, US customers $590
9926 A Silver-Gilt Wine Label for MADEIRA
Charles Rawlings, the maker of this label was one of the most prolific wine-label makers... Date: 1827
Price: UK customers £260, US customers $365
9927 A Fine Set of 6 Silver Wine Labels
This is a fine set of 6 wine labels made in 1828 by Charles Reily... Date: 1828
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9958 A Very Rare Pink Lustre Spode Bin Label for Bronte
This is an extremely rare pottery bin label for Bronte, and one which provokes activity... Date: c.1830
Price: UK customers £1,150, US customers $1,610
9960 A Rare Delftware Bin Label for PORT.
This is the earliest type of 'standard' bin label, and it is chacterised by its... Date: c.1750 - 1780
Price: UK customers £1,100, US customers $1,540
9967 A Wedgwood Bin Label for BARSAC
White pottery bin labels can really be divided into 3 categories of rarity. At the... Date: c.1850
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9969 A Very Unusual Silver Ring Wine Label for SHERRY
Silver wine labels suspended from a ring, rather than a chain, are not unduly uncommon.... Date: 1830 (?)
Price: UK customers £285, US customers $400
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