Sterling Silver Wine Label for Bucellas Birmingham 1827

Description

Heading : Sterling silver wine label for bucellas
Date : Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1827 for Ledsam. Vale and Wheeler
Period : George IV
Origin : Birmingham. England
Decoration : Vine leaf shaped with BUCCELLAS across the centre
Size :  7.8x6cm
Condition : Excellent
Restoration : None
Weight : 20 grams

Bucellas is similar to Hock and is grown in the hills to the north of Lisbon.

The wine had been consumed in England since the 16th century but escalated in popularity in the 18th and early 19th century when wine price of wine increased with taxation and ultimately a ban on the importation of French wines and spirits when ‘Boney became increasingly belligerent.