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Lot 15: A very rare Battersea enamel bottle ticket, circa 1753-56

Est: £4,000 GBP - £5,000 GBPSold:
BonhamsLondon, United KingdomOctober 19, 2011

Item Overview

Description

Engraved by Simon Francis Ravenet after a design by James Gwin, printed in puce and lightly overpainted in colours with a putto holding a large goblet, another carrying grapes, a leopard standing beside them and a spear to the left, titled 'SHERRY', 7.2cm wide (rim chips)

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Notes


Provenance: Law, Foulsham and Cole. The same design is found on tickets titled PALME and ESPAGNE

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