The Spring 2012 Journal is in preparation and we expect to mail it to members in mid March. It will include articles on:

• 'Boudoir Labels': planned publication of a new book
• Elkington; designs & labels by this major firm
• William Ritchie of Perth; his mark and other WR marks
• 'Wine Labels are Cheap: a personal view
• Major update of wine & spirit names found on labels
• Saleroom Report
• Review of the autumn 2011 meeting in Sheffield.

The Autumn 2011 Journal, mailed to members in mid September, included articles on:

• A Herd of Elephants: labels in the shape of elephants
• John Adams of Exeter; a set of labels with his mark
• Designs: a horn, a shell, a strange scroll
• Collecting tales
• Marks identified and attributed
• Saleroom Report
• Preview of the October meeting in Sheffield

The Spring 2011 Journal was mailed to members in late March and includes articles on: 

• How to identify crests on wine labels
• Designs: Openwork scrolls & quiffed escutcheons
• Labels from Exeter
• A collector bids farewell to a collection
• A variety of slot labels
• An electroplate elephant label
• A label for the 1992 Birmingham Olympics!
• Names on labels
• Unusual bin labels
• Saleroom Report

The Autumn 2010 Journal, mailed to members on 22 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

The Spring 2010 Journal was mailed to members in the last week of March. The articles included:

• Paul Storr, his life & wine labels
• Circular and slot labels
• Art Deco wine labels
• The SS mark - more news
• Edinburgh or Sheffield - a design
• Aspects of Collecting 3: photographing labels & 4: buying labels

• Notes & queries

• Names on labels

• Saleroom report - latest news of labels at auction

Supplement: Samson Enamel Wine Labels

Next Journal: See end of this page for details of the next Journal - Autumn 2010

The Autumn 2009 Journal was mailed to members on 17 September. The articles included:

• Boar's head labels
• Silversmiths' Marks - Some identified, some not
• Crest of Egerton label design
• Update on the labels of Robert Garrard I
• Attribution of SS mark
• Bickerton not Bateman
• American labels: more example
• Aspects of Collecting 3: photographing labels

• Unusual script cut-out labels

• Notes & queries

• Names on labels

• Saleroom report - latest news of labels at auction

Supplement: Update 2 on Names on Labels previously unrecorded

The Spring 2009 Journal was mailed to members on 26 March. The articles included:

• North America: a major update on North American labels, with seven pages of illustrations

• Armorial and crested labels: the lecture by David Constable at the October 2008 AGM, fully illustrated

• George Pearson: illustrations of labels bearing the mark of this fine silversmith

• The 'Lady Bountiful' design

• Aspects of Collecting 2: Factors affecting quality, price and value

• Minorca - a previously unrecorded nam

• Notes & Queries - interesting short features provided by members

• Saleroom Report - news from the salerooms

The Autumn 2008 Journal was mailed to members on 25 September. The articles include:

• Squirrels and Bears: labels with images of these animals

• Ourobouros Chapter 2: more on labels with snake borders

• Aspects of Collecting: members describe what they look for when acquiring labels

• Life with Wine Labels; American experiences

• Acquisitions: a story of a purchase

• Thomas Robinson: more on his conviction in 1822 for counterfeit marks

• Enamels: report on the Spring meeting

• British Wines: meeting eighteenth century demand despite blockades

•  Notes and Queries section, with short pieces on several topics

• Saleroom report, labels passing through the market recently

Supplement: Update on Names on Labels

The Spring 2008 Journal was mailed to members on 20/21 February. The articles included:

• Gutter Lane Revisited: the location of 18th century silversmiths' premises

• The Simple Urn: a rare design reviewed and illustrated

• Articles on various silversmiths' marks

• TR: a silversmith identified - and convicted

• Acquisitions: My First Wine Label; and Everything Comes to Him Who Waits

• Labels from Outside the British Isles and Ireland

• Manufacturing Variations

• Ouroboros or Snakes Alive - labels with snake borders

•  Notes and Queries section, with short pieces on several topics

• Saleroom report, labels passing through the market recently

• 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

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:

• Thoughts about 'Grimwade", comments on the coverage and composition of this book

• Marks Examined, including several reviewed following a visit to Goldsmiths' Hall

• Articles on marks ascribed to London or Exeter; possible ascriptions to Chester; and other marks conundrums

• Susanna Barker Revisited, a review of the latest knowledge about this premier woman silversmith

• Notes and Queries section, with short pieces on several topics

• Saleroom report, labels passing through the market recently

• The Circle's Archive: the present contents

• 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.

Previous Journal: Spring 2007

The Spring 2007 Journal was posted to members in mid February 2007. The issue featured:

• A major review of the wine and sauce labels of the Garrard family.

• Armorial and animal labels

• An exciting Dublin label commissioned to mark an event in 2006

• Kidney shaped labels reviewed

• Reports of labels appearing in the salerooms

• The value of labels - and the various methods of valuation.