Vondstmelding in de Verdronken Weide in Ieper (Ieper, prov. West-Vlaanderen)

Is it the cow that sells the steak, or the sizzle? Using animal images to sell meat in mid-nineteenth-century Belgium

“…Using porcelain cards as a commercial tool was by no means within reach of everyone. Production costs were high, making these cards mostly accessible to only the most wealthy of clients (Dewilde and Vandewiere 2005). However not all porcelain cards were as elaborately designed: more straightforward porcelain cards were accessible to a larger group of retailers.…”