The seal of approval in silver auction
Bid for some fine wine bottle tickets at Bonham’s Home and Interiors sale, July 25 and 26
Civilised life took a leap forward around 1730 when hosts began decanting their wine. It was so much more sophisticated to have an elegant decanter on the table than a plain old green bottle.
The problem being that without labels, how could you tell which was Vin de Grave, which was Hermitage?
Silversmiths had the answer ...