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Accounts book of a slave ship
Description:
Accounts book of the Bristol slave ship, the Africa , for her first voyage in 1774. This detail shows some of the profits which were made by the owners.
Date: 1774
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
A Modern Midnight Conversation
Description:
Detail from picture by William Hogarth, showing men smoking, from A Modern Midnight Conversation, 1734
Creator: Hogarth
Date: 1734
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Tobacconist’s tradecard
Description:
Trade card for Wigginston and Co, Tobacconist, 1775.
Creator: Wigginston and Co
Date: 1775
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Object ID:TA 5542
Chocolate Wrapper
Description:
Chocolate wrapper for Frys Genuine Potent Cocoa. This wrapper shows that the chocolate was made using Walter Churchmans hydraulic grinding press. Churchmans press replaced hand-grinding cocoa beans, speeding up the manufacturing process.
Cocoa, which was used to make chocolate, was grown on slave planations in the Caribbean and brought to Bristol for processing.
Chocolate was first used as a drink, sweetened with sugar to mask the bitter flavour of the chocolate. Later it was used for making eating chocolate. At this period, most people drank beer, wine or spirits. Water was not safe to drink, tea coffee and chocolate were expensive. Quakers promoted drinking chocolate as an alternative to alcohol.
With thanks to Cabury/Schweppes for the use of this item.
Creator: JS Fry and Sons
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Chocolate Wrapper
Description:
Chocolate wrapper, for Frys Granulated Cocoa.
Cocoa, which was used to make chocolate, was grown on slave planations in the Caribbean and brought to Bristol for processing.
Chocolate was first used as a drink, sweetened with sugar to mask the bitter flavour of the chocolate. Later it was used for making eating chocolate. At this period, most people drank beer, wine or spirits. Water was not safe to drink, tea coffee and chocolate were expensive. Quakers promoted drinking chocolate as an alternative to alcohol.
With thanks to Cabury/Schweppes for the use of this item.
Creator: JS Fry and Sons
Date: unknown
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Indian painting, cloth distribution
Description:
Indian painting, showing cloth distribution
Date: unknown
Copyright: Lent to Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
Object ID:LN 1994-088
Patent label for chocolate making
Description:
Label showing patent for Churchmans chocolate making process, explaining why process is superior.Walter Churchmans hydraulic grinding press replaced hand-grinding cocoa beans, speeding up the manufacturing process.
Cocoa, which was used to make chocolate, was grown on slave planations in the Caribbean and brought to Bristol for processing.
Chocolate was first used as a drink, sweetened with sugar to mask the bitter flavour of the chocolate. Later it was used for making eating chocolate. At this period, most people drank beer, wine or spirits. Water was not safe to drink, tea coffee and chocolate were expensive. Quakers promoted drinking chocolate as an alternative to alcohol.
With thanks to Cabury/Schweppes for the use of this item.
Creator: JS Fry and Sons
Date: unknown
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Recipes for Trinidad Rock
Description:
Three recipes for Trinidad Rock, from a chocolate recipe book. Making chocolate involved blending different cocoa beans together to produce a pleasant flavour, which was neither too bland nor too bitter.
Cocoa was grown on slave planations in the Caribbean and brought to Bristol for processing.
Chocolate was first used as a drink, sweetened with sugar to mask the bitter flavour of the chocolate. Later it was used for making eating chocolate. At this period, most people drank beer, wine or spirits. Water was not safe to drink, tea coffee and chocolate were expensive. Quakers promoted drinking chocolate as an alternative to alcohol.
Date: unknown
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Okra plant (Hibiscus esculentus)
Description:
Illustration of the flowering okra plant from Elegancies of Jamaica by Rev John Lindsay.
Creator: Rev John Lindsay
Date: 1758 - 1771
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Red Bean Tree (Erythrina velutina)
Description:
Illustration of Red Bean Tree from Elegancies of Jamaica by Rev John Lindsay
Creator: Rev John Lindsay
Date: 1758 - 1771
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
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