HUGO VAN DER MOLEN'S
Historic Papers site
a collection of historic invoices
and letters
een verzameling historische
rekeningen en brieven
Hermes
/ Mercurius / Mercury
(update 19-11-2024)
Dr. Hugo H. van der Molen - Wederikweg
114 - 9753 AE Haren, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)50 534 8795; mail:
[email protected]
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Ordering
information / Bestelinformatie
Belgium / België
Georges Vanpyperzeele, Mons, Belgium
Denrées Coloniales en Gros (groothandel in koloniale waarden)
Confiseries & Distillerie "La Nervienne"
(suikerwaren en destilleerderij)
Dépositaire pour la Belgique des Marques Astrid
Apératif, Astrid Oporto,
Genièvre
Ancien Belge
Consessionnaire de Eaux Minérales Spa
Monopole & Cidre Clairette
Nota 1948; Beautiful multicolour
decoratative invoice with grapes and grape leaves and 2 pictures (2
by 6 cm) of a bottle of Astrid Apératif
and
of Genièvre Ancien Belge, EF,
unfolded, 95 Euro.
The bottle of Genièvre Ancien Belge shows a picture
of "Le Nervien", a picture also given in pink and size 4 by 4 cm
in the letter head; This picture is a mixture of a fierce ancient Nervian
male with big moustache and the classical god Hermes (L: Mercurius; Engl:
Mercury) typically depicted with his winged helmet.
The Nervians (NL: Nerviërs) were a German population in Gallia
Belgica (now Belgium), in 57 A.D. conquored by the Roman general Julius
Caesar (ENSIE, 1951, p. 916).
Italy
Pietro Saletti & C.
Produzione di Ferri da taglio, Officina Meccanica, Torino (NL: Turijn), Italy, letter from 1920, 7 by 6 cm picture of god of the trade Mercury
(Gr.: Hermes; Latin: Mercurius), waving his staff (Caduceus). He is depicted
naked, but his private parts were decently omitted, a practise which was
also quite common in ancient Rome. price 50 Euro.
The Netherlands / Nederland
Bekker Bloemenmagazijn
Wagenweg 78, Haarlem,
nota uit 1946, met afbeelding van een gestileerde bloem, het Fleurop logo en het FTD logo (Hermes = Mercurius, god van de handel), afm. ca. 14 x 20 cm., licht bruin papier, prijs € 50.
