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LA POTASSE D'ALSACE - c.1930 Original curved enamelled adver…
See original version (French)
317
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LA POTASSE D'ALSACE - c.1930 Original curved enamelled adver…
See original version (French)
Estimate €250 - €450
Voluntary lot
Description
LA POTASSE D'ALSACE - c.1930
Original curved enamelled advertising plate. 30 x 25 cm
Made by "Email.Ed.Jean - Paris".
- Very good condition - fresh, bright colours, optimum brilliance, two minor chips in the left-hand corners.
"Potash gives herbage quantity and quality: more meat and more milk".
After Hansi/Jean-Jacques Waltz (not mentioned)
-Represents the Alsatian stork-
The only potash deposit in France (Mulhouse) discovered by chance in 1904 by Amélie Zürcher and Joseph Vogt.
Potash production began in 1910 at the Amélie mine in Wittelsheim, and mining stopped in 2002.
Potash": a word of Dutch origin (potasch) meaning "pot ash" and referring to the potassium carbonate obtained from wood ash: water was slowly poured over burnt wood ash, and the resulting solution was boiled in large pots until a white solid was formed, which was used as a fertiliser.
Haut-Rhin/Grand-Est
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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