Neo Classical Style Wine Label Carlowitz Pelican In Its Piety Crest

A very fine Victorian silver wine Label in the Neo-Classical style, of crescent form with urn surmount supported by pierced festoons, with bright cut engraved decoration. Incised for Carlowitz (A Hungarian wine). The urn surmount engraved with a crest depicting a Pelican in its Piety.

The ""Pelican in her Piety"" is an ancient Christian symbol often used in Heraldry, possibly originating in the Middle East. It usually depicts a female Pelican on her nest, with wings half spread and chicks waiting at her feet with open beaks. She is plucking her breast and allowing the drops of blood to fall into the mouths of the chicks, thus symbolising Christ feeding his flock with his blood.

By John Aldwinkle & James Slater, London, 1880

Sold - £450.00