A PAIR OF GEORGE III AND A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER WINE-LABELS

THE FIRST PAIR WITH MARK OF PHIPPS, PHIPPS AND ROBINSON, LONDON, 1793, THE SECOND PAIR LONDON, 1821

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III AND A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER WINE-LABELS
THE FIRST PAIR WITH MARK OF PHIPPS, PHIPPS AND ROBINSON, LONDON, 1793, THE SECOND PAIR LONDON, 1821
The first pair stamped with fruiting grapevines and putto and pierced, the second pair plain oval with gadrooned border, engraved with initials, the backs engraved 'Swan With 2 Necks Lad Lane', each pair pierced for 'Port' and 'Madeira', each marked on back
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) wide; and smaller (4)

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Lot Essay

The Swan with Two Necks was a famous mail-coach and stage-coach inn on Lad Lane, now Gresham Street, London. A further label similarly engraved was offered Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, 29 October 2008, lot 940.

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