Silver label for rum decanter

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A silver label for a rum decanter by Thomas Wallis II, London. The label is a single piece of flat, slightly curved metal suspended on a chain. The label is roughly rectangular shaped with rounded corners. The top edge rises in a single bump in the center. there is a small hole on either side of the bump each with a ring through it for the suspension chain. The word "RUM" is incised in large letters in the center of the rectangle. The edge of the rectangle is outline in three beveled edges. on the back are four hall marks, the maker's mark "TW' in a rectangular cartouche. There is also the date stamp letter "G" in a square, a lion passant with a dip in the cartouche edge, and a very worn duty mark.

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