Ceramic bin label title Marsala glazed with rounded shoulders English Mid 19th century.Condition Very good. Note: Marsala is a fortified wine from Sicily, Italy. It features complex, nutty, and dried fruit flavours and is used for both drinking as an apéritif or dessert wine, and in cooking, particularly for dishes like chicken marsala, veal, and tiramisu.Further information: Bin labels are the lowly but elder relations of decanter labels and served a different purpose. Their origins go back to the mid 17th century when the binning or storage of wines first became important. They then served a utilitarian purpose identifying unmarked bottles in lying in the depths of gentlemen''s or wine merchants cellars. They were either directly nailed to a shelf on which were stored the bottles or barrels or directly to the barrel itself.Bin labels are in the main made from pottery including Delftware and creamware, or broadly speaking, earthenware. They are therefore highly suscep...