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19th century Belgium Glass Samples of Colonial Plantation Resources

Date: 19th Century
PRICE: SOLD
Dimensions: H 20cm Diameter 7cm
Shipping: $200

15 blown glass containers with Colonial natural commodities like coffee, cacao, peanuts, rapeseed and different kinds of batate, breadfruit, casave, and yucca flours.

The glass containers contain natural resource samples of different Dutch, Belgian, Spain, English and Portugees Colonies, the samples were brought home for administrational use and as sales samples in Belgium.

On the bottom of some of the containers there are numbers and on the labels it says:

53 Café Java Savé Plantation Soember Redjo Don de M.Hustin Roberti à Maestricht

143 Cafe ociéte omm-le ND-lle & AR-me 1893

80 Cacao lavé san chomé Col. fu Portugaises d'Afrique 1885

232 Cafe Java vert Sociëte com le Industr.-lle et Maritime

63 Cacao Terré Rio Caribe Caracas XXXVI 358

23 Cocao Bochia Don de M Joveneau Gournai

*Arachides du Congo Don de MM.Bunge&Co. Anvers

*Amidon du fruit de l'arbre àpain Guyane Anglais

*Batates edulio Guyane

*Omidine en poudre de Glasgow Don de M.Sano Negociant a Anvers

*Farine de Casave Akassa R.Niger Afrique occid

*Fécule de racine de Yucca Fernando-Po

54 Enconge originaire Cafe Moka provenant du Congo Belge vendu par la Societe Coloniale Anversoise st Albertville avril 1904 *Don de Mons Jan Van den Bergh par Monsieur J.Courboin Anvers

150 Cafe st Dominique (aux Cayes) Don de Monsieur F.Ceulemans Membre Commission administrative

24 Graine de Colza blanche Bombay Qualité moyenne

These 15 samples glasses are a great historical collection

 


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