A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE III SILVER-GILT WINE-LABELS
MARK OF JOHN REILY, LONDON, 1818
Each oblong, cast and chased with a husk wreath and a band of Vitruvian scrolls, capped with a crest, two pierced for 'SHERRY', three for 'CLARET', two for 'MADEIRA' and one for 'PORT', each with a suspension chain, together with four later cast examples, pierced for 'HERMITAGE', 'HOCK', 'MOUNTAIN' and 'PORT'
2¼ in. (6 cm.)
9 oz. (291 gr.)
The crest is that of Talbot as borne by the Earls of Shrewsbury and Waterford, perhaps for John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford (12)
A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE III SILVER-GILT WINE-LABELS
MARK OF JOHN REILY, LONDON, 1818
Each oblong, cast and chased with a husk wreath and a band of Vitruvian scrolls, capped with a crest, two pierced for 'SHERRY', three for 'CLARET', two for 'MADEIRA' and one for 'PORT', each with a suspension chain, together with four later cast examples, pierced for 'HERMITAGE', 'HOCK', 'MOUNTAIN' and 'PORT'
2¼ in. (6 cm.)
9 oz. (291 gr.)
The crest is that of Talbot as borne by the Earls of Shrewsbury and Waterford, perhaps for John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford (12)
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