Webb deVlam creates limited edition bottle for Bombay Sapphire anniversary
Webb deVlam has created a hand-blown limited edition bottle to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the invention of Bombay Sapphire gin.
Webb deVlam has created a hand-blown limited edition bottle to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the invention of Bombay Sapphire gin.
Norfolk-based Langham Glass has made only 350 of the hand-blown bottles, which come in a bespoke gift box, and will be available in luxury retail outlets in the UK, Europe and US in the run up to Christmas.
The recipe that Bombay Sapphire is based on dates from 1761 and the special-edition bottle has been made to mark the 250th anniversary.
Webb deVlam’s design is a ‘bottle inside a bottle’ effect that is achieved by creating a blue inner vessel suspended inside a diamond faced, clear crystal glass decanter.
Laser etching has been used to to create 3D images of the 10 botanicals and the Queen Victoria brandmark which appear to float in the inner glass walls.
The stopper was designed by jeweller Garrard under the direction of creative director Stephen Webster and is also made of fine crystal It is in the shape of a crown and hand set with a band of blue crystals around the neck.
The handmade bottles are all slightly different and Webb deVlam has designed a bespoke sealing ring that accommodates the broader tolerance of the hand blown bottle neck.
Webb deVlam design director Dominic Burke said: “This is surely the ultimate prestige packaging and branding project. We used new experimental processes and adapted technologies from other industries.”
The bottle is presented in a gift box that has a soft touch Corvon finish and uses foils and embossing to carry the branding cues.
A gift booklet authenticates the bottle and records the design and development process with the original design sketches and photographs of the glass blowers.
Source: Bombay Sapphire
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