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Overall Approach
* The Wine Label Circle Journal is
distributed to members twice yearly, in spring and autumn. It comprises 50 - 60
fully illustrated pages in A4 format.
* Articles reflect members' particular
interests, the results of research, and recent discoveries.
* Reports of meetings, discussion and
opinion, and reports of labels passing through the salerooms also covered.
* Editors keen to encourage a variety of
contributions from members, experienced or new, and to make friendly, helpful
and encouraging comments when required.
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Journal: Autumn
2010 The Autumn 2010 Journal, out mid
September, has something of an Irish theme and articles include:
- Pictures of Irish wine labels in the National Museum of
Ireland
- Pictures of our fine Irish labels from the Circle archives
- An Irish Mystery - an unusual mark on labels of an Irish
design
- Bacchus on a Barrel labels
- Labels by other Irish silversmiths
- The Howden family of Edinburgh
- A fascination with wine names led to formation of a label
collection
- How names are changed on labels - a definitive study
- Names on Dressing Room labels
- Saleroom Report
We hope to mail this issue to members by mid September. The
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| Previous Journal: Spring
2010
The Spring 2010 Journal was mailed to members in the last
week of March. The articles included:
Supplement: Samson Enamel Wine Labels Next
Journal: See end of this page for details of the next Journal - Autumn
2010 |
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| Previous Journal: Autumn
2009
The Autumn 2009 Journal was mailed to members on 17
September. The articles included:
Supplement: Update 2 on Names on
Labels previously unrecorded |
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Journal: Spring 2009
The Spring 2009 Journal was mailed to members on 26 March. The articles included:
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North America: a major update on North
American labels, with seven pages of illustrations
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Armorial and crested labels: the lecture by
David Constable at the October 2008 AGM, fully illustrated
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George Pearson: illustrations of labels
bearing the mark of this fine silversmith
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The 'Lady Bountiful' design
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Aspects of Collecting 2: Factors affecting
quality, price and value
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Minorca - a previously unrecorded nam
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Notes & Queries - interesting short features
provided by members
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Saleroom Report - news from the salerooms
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| Previous Journal: Autumn
2008
The Autumn 2008 Journal was mailed to members on 25 September. The articles include:
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Squirrels and Bears: labels with images of
these animals
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Ourobouros Chapter 2: more on labels with
snake borders
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Aspects of Collecting: members describe what
they look for when acquiring labels
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Life with Wine Labels; American experiences
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Acquisitions: a story of a purchase
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Thomas Robinson: more on his conviction in
1822 for counterfeit marks
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Enamels: report on the Spring meeting
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British Wines: meeting eighteenth century
demand despite blockades
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Notes and Queries section, with short pieces
on several topics
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Saleroom report, labels passing through the
market recently
Supplement: Update on Names on Labels
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| Previous Journal: Spring
2008
The Spring 2008 Journal was mailed to members on 20/21
February. The articles included:
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Gutter Lane Revisited: the location of 18th
century silversmiths' premises
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The Simple Urn: a rare design reviewed and
illustrated
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Articles on various silversmiths' marks
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TR: a silversmith identified - and
convicted
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Acquisitions: My First Wine Label; and
Everything Comes to Him Who Waits
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Labels from Outside the British Isles and
Ireland
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Manufacturing Variations
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Ouroboros or Snakes Alive - labels with
snake borders
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Notes and Queries section, with short pieces
on several topics
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Saleroom report, labels passing through the
market recently
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Circle Matters, including search for a new
Secretary for the Circle
See below for our plans for the Autumn 2008
Journal and requests for information |
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| Previous Journal: Autumn 2007
The Autumn 2007 Journal was mailed to members in mid September. The theme
of this Journal was primarily silversmiths' marks and among the
contents were:
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Thoughts about 'Grimwade", comments on the
coverage and composition of this book
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Marks Examined, including several reviewed
following a visit to Goldsmiths' Hall
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Articles on marks ascribed to London or
Exeter; possible ascriptions to Chester; and other marks conundrums
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Susanna Barker Revisited, a review of the
latest knowledge about this premier woman silversmith
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Notes and Queries section, with short pieces
on several topics
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Saleroom report, labels passing through the
market recently
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The Circle's Archive: the present contents
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Book Update: a further update of 'Sauce
Labels'
Also included
with this Journal was a special Supplement entitled “Early English and
French Enamel Labels”. Richard Wells skilfully differentiated between
various ‘families’ of enamel labels, greatly enhanced by the extensive and
fine full colour illustrations. |
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Previous Journal: Spring
2007
The Spring 2007 Journal was
posted to members in mid February 2007. The issue featured:
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A major review of the wine and sauce
labels of the Garrard family.
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Armorial and animal labels
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An exciting Dublin label commissioned to
mark an event in 2006
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Kidney shaped labels reviewed
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Reports of labels appearing in the
salerooms
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The value of labels - and the various
methods of valuation.
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