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Antique Sealed Bottles 1640-1900: And the Families that Owned Them: 3 Volumes (Hardcover, New)
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Antique Sealed Bottles 1640-1900: And the Families that Owned Them: 3 Volumes (Hardcover, New)
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Time in a bottle; this is a collection that explores the unlocking
of history through the identification of its unique seals, using
crests and coats-of-arms as the 'keys' towards identifying the
original owner. This three-volume collection examines the evolution
of the sealed bottle from the 1640s to the late 1800s and provides
a detailed description to accompany each entry, supported by
numerous photographs, including the number of examples known, their
condition, and the collections where the bottles and detached seals
are held. The laying down of wine to improve its quality and
longevity related to the social history of the day, the design of
the bottles, their evolution and manufacture, are a reflection of
the individuals who ordered and used the bottles at home or in the
private gentlemen's clubs, much influenced by the historic events
of the 17th through to the 20th centuries. Wine consumption has a
place in cultural history; these collected bottles existed at times
of incredible upheaval and social change. From the early colonial
settlements of the New World, into the slave markets of Richmond,
VA, New Orleans, Charleston, SC, and Philadelphia, and with the
plantation owners who amassed vast wealth and prestige as a result
of this trade. In the taverns and coffee houses of London,
alongside the bear baiting and cock fighting to be found across the
River Thames in Southwark, in the cellars of the Oxford colleges
and Inns of Court, these sealed bottles give much information on
the early drinking habits of the aspiring and upwardly mobile, and
the established aristocracy.
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