Popular with collectors, wine labels, also known as wine tickets, came into use in the 1730s. Early silver wine labels are likely to be escutcheon or shield shaped. Later labels were rectangular, eye-shaped, or crescent shaped. Silver labels of the 1820s onwards often feature vine leaves and tendrils. Enamel labels were also made from the 1750s, and these sometimes bear images as well as the name of the wine. Sheffield plate and electroplate were also utilised, as the materials came into use and less frequently, porcelain, ivory, tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, and bone. Labels bearing the names of unusual or unlikely wines are especially sought after, so the names of the more common wines may sometimes have been replaced by a more exotic wine.
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