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Summary:: Large white paper wine bottle label used at H.W.H Irvine's winery at Great Western, 1888-1918. The label has two bronze borders and Irvine crest.

The lablel is printed in red and bronze ink and reads: "Irvine's Great Western. Dry. Victoria. Australia. Superior quality. Special Reserve".
Description:: Large white paper wine label, red and bronze ink with two bronze borders and crest u.c., moon with five stars in four corners.

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	7.10 cm (Width), 11.80 cm (Length)

Tagged with:	advertising, great western, rural victoria, trades, viticulture, viticulture winemaking, wine, wineries
Themes this item is part of:	Great Western Winery Timeline 1858-1922, History of Wine Labels Used at Great Western Vineyard, 1888-1918, Hans William Henry Irvine, Vigneron & Politician (1856-1922), Sustainable Futures Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection, Hans William Henry Irvine, Vigneron & Politician (1856-1922)
Primary Classification:	AGRICULTURE & RURAL LIFE
Secondary Classification:	Viticulture & Wine Making
Tertiary Classification:	product labels
Inscriptions:	Text: Irvine's/GREAT WESTERN/DRY/VICTORIA. AUSTRALIA. SUPERIOR QUALITY. Overlying Red Text: SPECIAL RESERVE.
Maker:	Mr Hans Irvine - Great Western Vineyards & Champagne Cellars, Great Western, Victoria, Australia, 1888-1918
References:	The Vigneron, March 25, 1909. H.W.H. Irvine entry in Australian Dictionary of Biography.