Request for VP bottle/label/capsule images

[PhilW]

As previously mentioned here, I have started to photograph and create a database of images of vintage port bottles, labels and capsules, in part to assist with future identification of other bottles. I have also received images from others with permission for inclusion in the database.

I would now like to put out a general request for any images of VP bottles, labels and capsules from other people which they would be willing to share with me for use within the database. I am particularly interested in images from older bottles, and am quite happy to sort through image sets and crop bottles/labels, and would be happy to hear from any individuals, retailers, shippers, auction houses, and any others willing to contribute images; the only restriction is that the images must be your own to share. I am quite happy to take images containing multiple bottles, or where the bottle is only part of the photo and will crop accordingly.

Please PM me if you have images which you would be happy to share for inclusion; I can provide email details or FTP access credentials for uploading. All contributions are most welcome.

[jdaw1]

As far as I'm aware, all VP from Offley is marked Offley Boa Vista (all bottles from 1947 for which I have label images to hand would appear to confirm this).

An excellent example of why this database could be useful to geeks like us. Please help populate it. (Phil already has 1½k pictures of mine.)