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  • Black Caricature Bank
    Castiron coin bank made to resemble a caricatured black man. His ears are noticeably cartoonish, and his lips are bright red and wide with white teeth. He has an arm outstretched which acts as a lever; when operated, the arm raises the hand to the mouth, causing the 'tongue'-plate to move out of the way and the eyes to roll forward. This hand is also hollowed out in the shape of a coin, suggesting that a coin placed in the hand would easily drop into the bank. The man wears what appears to be a red uniform coat, trimmed in white with three gold stripes on the lever arm. The back of the figure contains no branding, and there is a hole in the bottom of the bank.
  • Cardboard Box for Fumistine Metal Polish
    Cardboard box. The box is empty. The sides of the box are black, and each contain the word "Fumistine" in a white panel with black text. On the two long sides, the 'Fumistine' panel is centred, with text to the left side reading "cuisineres, fourneaux" and to the right reading "poêles, tuyaux." The top of the box depicts a black caricature figure at the centre, smiling wide and brandishing a cleaning cloth in one hand and (presumably) Fumistine polish in the other. The man wears an apron and leans over a surface. The word 'Fumistine' is printed across the foreground of the image, as if it rests on top of the surface. In the surface the mirrors of 'umistine' are visible. The man's arms overlap the 'um' and the 'in' slightly. At the top of the image, bracketing the man's head, words are printed: "la pate qui nettoie et fait briller - la fonte et l'acier."
  • Christmas chocolate with blackface
    Chocolate in the shape of a man with foil wrapper depicting smiling black person with sack of treats.
  • Christmas chocolate with blackface
    Chocolate in the shape of a man with foil wrapper depicting smiling black person with sack of treats (wearing a green hat).
  • Cigarros Cadena
    Small box of matches emblazoned with the figure of a black man holding a large leaf in a green (natural) background, presumably a plantation. 'Cigarros Cadena' is on the head and foot of this image.
  • Dinah bank
    Castiron coin bank made to resemble blackface caricature of a black person woman. The figure has an arm outstretched which acts as a lever. When raised, the arm 'opens' the figure's mouth (by removing the 'tongue') and causes its eyes to roll back in its head. The figure wears a gold dress, gold earrings, and a gold necklace, and has wide red lips and white teeth. Different to the previous coin bank, this figure's hand has space for a coin, and when raised to the mouth, it appears that a coin placed in the hand would slide directly into the mouth. On the back is stamped the name "Dinah" and on the bottom is imprinted "J.E.Stevens.1890.PAT103."
  • Jolly Nigger Bank
    Castiron coin bank made to resemble blackface caricature of a black person. The figure has an arm outstretched which acts as a lever. When raised, the arm 'opens' the figure's mouth (by removing the 'tongue') and causes its eyes to roll back in its head. The figure wears a red buttondown shirt with a golden bowtie. Its skin is painted almost completely black, with large red lips and white teeth. On the back of the figure is a safety lever, which operates the arm mechanism as well. On the figure's back the words "Jolly Nigger Bank" are raised and painted white. The bottom bears the manufacturer's name: John Harper & Co., England.
  • Pastilles tin
    Cylindrical tin with a stamped design of a black slave kneeling and holding up a plate of fruit. The figure is painted white. Around the edge of the lid is an intricate black and golddesign. The words "Tjoklat - Camée Pastilles" are emblazoned on the tin. The bottom of the tin is slightly worn and is stamped with the words "Tjoklat - Fabriek n.v. Amsterdam."
  • Plunoir Metal Polish Box
    Cardboard box. Printed across the four long panels is the same cartoon black woman found on the Samva bottle, also holding a Samva bottle and pointing to the Plunoir label, also in both French and English. There are instructions on either end of the image, one in French and one in Dutch. Inside the box is the full tube of Plunoir. On the top and bottom of the box are the words "in tubes" in French and Dutch.
  • Samva metal polish bottle
    Cylindrical metal bottle. On the lid is stamped the word "PATENT." The bottle is wrapped in paper with a caricatured black woman holding another bottle of Samva Brut. With her other hand she points to the text along the bottom of the paper: "SAMVA VOOR METALEN" on one side, and on the other, "SAMVA POUR METAUX." The French side has a stain over the word "Metaux," rendering it difficult to read. In a banner by the woman's head, the polish brands itself "No. 1." Between the Dutch and French sides, a small banner reads as follows: "SAMVA tel. 3321.60 Etterbeek - Av. de la Chasse - 64 - Jachtlaan." Along the top of the illustration are the words "Bouchage, breveté" in French and "Berreveteerd, stopmiddel" in Dutch.
  • The Palmtree Impregnated Safety Match
    Small box of matches emblazoned with a lithograph print showing a black figure in front of several palm trees on a beach. The black figure is holding a sickle and has a yoke across his shoulders with water jugs. The words 'The Palmtree' are in a stylised ribbon, with the text in yellow. At the bottom of the image is another navy blue banner with the words "impregnated safety match manufactured in Sweden" in a lighter blue.
  • Wooden Children's Toy
    Blackface caricature wooden rattle with faces on either side (one happy, one sad), red nose that has been pushed either side to create the faces, metal staples attached to create ears that have hooped earrings dangling down which create noise when the toy is moved. Attached to wooden rod which has a divot at the bottom showing it was previously inserted into something else (unknown).