Victorian Silver Armorial Wine Label 'Currant' Henry Latham Master Trinity Hall Cambridge University
Unmarked c1880
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A rare Victorian Armorial silver Wine Label depicting the full Coat of Arms and heraldic crest of the Latham (Lathum/Lathom) family - (Or, on a chief indented sable, three plates). The shield shaped label with the crest above depicting an eagle preying on a child in swaddling clothes with an oak branch at the head of the child. The reverse of the label engraved with contemporary script initials ""HL"", possibly for Henry Latham.
Unmarked c1880.
Sold - £750.00
Condition
In good condition with no damage or repair
Dimensions
H
48 mm
(1.89 inches)
W
35 mm
(1.38 inches)
Weight
11.00 Grams
(0.35 troy ounces)
Country
English
Stock Code
CH0099
Medium
Silver
Literature
This label is discussed by John Beecroft in the Wine Label Circle Journal in 1978, where he erroneously describes it as electroplate. Although unmarked, it has been positively XRF tested as silver
