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Excellent examples. Many thanks, Neville.

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Here are a couple of French sweet jars, in the forms of General Joubert and President Kruger. The former with confectioners details: "BONBONS / JOHN / TAVERNIER / les MEILLEURS! / JOUBERT chef des BOERS"; the latter: "GUERRE / AUX TYRANS!.. / KRUGER".
Although the Kruger jar has no sweet maker's name on it, this model, like the Joubert example, has been attributed to confectioner John Tavernier. It is identical to the examples modelled as Czar Alexander III and the Czarina, which are marked "Tavernier".

An 1891 French poster describes Tavernier as "un Anglais qui importe des «drops» sur le continent" (an Englishman who imports «drops» to the continent). The 1851 Census shows John living at 16 Mace Street, Bethnal Green, London. He is described as a 39-year-old confectioner, born in Plymouth, and living with his French wife, Marie Louise Rosalie (née Woillaume). If still alive, he would have been in his late 80s when these jars were made. By this time, it seems more likely that his son, also named John, would have been running the business. The 1881 Census shows John junior living in Victoria Street, Bristol. He is described as a confectioner, born in Paris. Interestingly John senior's sister, Louisa, married one of Marie Woillaume's brothers, who was also a French confectioner.

Unlike much of the French pro-Boer material, which came on the market towards the end and just after the war, the Joubert jar appears to be an early piece, predating the General's death on 28 March 1900 [Ed. both the Joubert & Kruger jars were made before 1894, and potentially date from 1880-1881].

The 1902 tour by Generals De la Rey, Botha & De Wet, to raise funds for reconstruction after the war, marked a significant surge in the production of pro-Boer merchandise on the Continent, much of which was sold as part of the fund-raising exercise. Nearly all the items featuring portraits of the three touring generals can be attributed to this post-war campaign.








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Montserrat Line Fruit juice

'It is a far more wholesome drink than any form of alchohol'



Source: www.angloboerwar.com/forum/19-ephemera/3...res-of-the-war#90069

Fry's Cocoas and Chocolates

'The firm have recently been favored with several important Orders for the Seat of War'



Source: www.angloboerwar.com/forum/19-ephemera/3...res-of-the-war#90069

Below are photographs of a large Belgian/Dutch coffee tin, produced for "De Roode Pelikaan" roasted coffee.
The tin is decorated with an image of Transvaal (and OVS) leaders or the "Transvaal Doozen". A second tin was produced with prominent military and political figures of England.

I have flattened the printed decoration, so that the whole composition can be viewed in two images.

"TRANSVAAL DOOZEN / DE ROODE PELIKAAN / GEBRANDE KOFFIE".

"WOLMARAUS, Raadsleden / BERGER / SMIT, General / ROOS, De Held van Majuba / KOCK, General / DR COSTER, Elandslaagh / REITS, Staatssecretaris / SCHALK BURGERS, General / JOUBERT, General / KRUGER, President / DR STEYN, President / DR LEYDS, Gezant / CRONJE, General / WEILBACH, General".

“Nooit zal de Luipaard temmen / Den Afrikaanschen Leeuw, / Al dreigen zij zijn vrijheid / Met kluisters en geschreeuw. / Zij zullen hem niet temmen / Zoolang één Boer nog leeft, / Zoolang de Leeuw kan klauwen, / Zoolang hij landen heeft”

[“Never will the Leopard tame the African Lion, though they threaten his freedom with fetters and cries. / They won't tame him as long as one Boer lives, as long as the lion can use his claws, as long as he has lands”]







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