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Holländischer Cacao, Caspar Flick, Van Caspel, 1897

A woman and a girl buy a tin of cocoa.

What

Johann Georg van Caspel's poster for the Dutch cocoa of Erven Caspar Flick of Amsterdam, founded 1745; Rijksmuseum, RP-P-1912-2468.

Why

Lettered in German, the poster sells an Amsterdam firm's cocoa on its founding year.

Notice

The shop assistant reaches up to a tin on the shelf, a balance scale hangs behind the counter, and irises frame the whole scene.

“Dutch Art Nouveau, made for export.”

Format

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Size

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Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Artist: Johann Georg van Caspel
Country: Netherlands
Format: Poster (affiche)
Piece published: Höllandischer Cacao. Erven Caspar Flick (titel op object), RP-P-1912-2468, 1897
Source: Rijksmuseum · RP-P-1912-2468

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Scan: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; public domain. Hosted on Wikimedia Commons.

Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (piece published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the piece’s own publication year, never a brand’s founding year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Published 1897, before the 1930 cutoff; maker Johann Georg van Caspel; Commons reads CC0 with {{CC-zero}} {{Cc-zero}}. Mark status dead is the registrar's reading of an old mark; no trademark search was run, so confirm before launch.

This brand was gone from the market. Everything sold here is the art, not the drink.