Sauce Labels 1750 - 1950 [Hardcover]

John Salter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 26, 2006

Silver bottle labels for oil and vinegar (generally called 'sauce labels') first made their appearance in the 1750s to adorn oil and vinegar bottles either in a two-bottle stand, or in a five-item Warwick cruet. This book reflects the lively interest in sauce labels of several long-standing active members of the Wine Circle and is a book for collectors of silver, glass and recipes. It explores two aspects of antiquarian interest: the collection of silver and of glass. There is an inter-relation between the sauce label and bottle frames, both made of silver, and the various types of glass bottles, decanters and vessels that the labels once adorned. It is the first detailed work to be published on the subject of silver labels to adorn cruets soy, vinegar and pickle bottles in the frame. Frames and their bottles can still be bought for use on the dining table, often in conjuction with flavoured vinegars purchased at the supermarket and then decanted. The book affords an opportunity for the glass enthu

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About the Author

Professor John Salter was educated at Oxford University and is a distinguished internationla lawyer. He is a past Chairman of the Silver Society and a past President of the Wine Label Circle. He has written extensively on Scottish silver and for The Proceedings of The Silver Collectors, The Silver Society Journal and Country Life. He is also editor of 'Wine Labels 1730-2003' to be published in 2003 as a companion volume to this work.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 184 pages
• Publisher: The Wine Label Circle (July 26, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1851494316
• ISBN-13: 978-1851494316
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 8.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,003,593 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)