The sugar industry and topography of Java, Loose-leaf photo album with purple velvet bottom and top and purple velvet back. The sides of the album are made of cardboard, covered with white paper. The top of the album is covered with silver. The 53 photos are loose in the album together with the opening sheet. On the front of the album a slightly rounded silver shield with inscription and floral decoration. Around the shield laurel branches, which come together at the bottom in the middle and are tied there with a ribbon with a blue-yellow striped silk ribbon of an award (partially missing). Various attributes of the sugar industry are displayed on the four corners against a background of leaf leaves. The whole is surrounded by a raised edge with sloping sides. The top of this is engraved with a series of identical leaf motifs on a fondue decorated with parallel strips. The sides show a continuous border of geometric motifs including C-volutes. At the corners there are spheres on the edges, in between they are attached to the album at equal distances on both sides with two pins or screws with large oval heads. The album belongs in a wooden box. The photo album was offered by the Surabayasche Association of Sugar Manufacturers to the resident of Surabaya Frederik Beyerinck, honorary member of this association, probably in 1884, Java, Surabaya, Frederik Beyerinck, Soerabayasche Association of Sugar Manufacturers, Herman Salzwedel, 1876 - 1884, bovenzijde album, kaft album, zijkanten album, engraving, h 385 mm w 510 mm × t 75 mm
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