Gedenkteken Brocades-Stheeman - Meppel, NL
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Brocades-Stheeman memorial in the shape of a mortar with pestle located on Stationsweg in Meppel, The Netherlands.
Waymark Code: WM15KGR
Location: Drenthe, Netherlands
Date Posted: 01/17/2022
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Memorial in the form of a mortar with pestle.
An almost 3 meter high bronze sculpture standing in a fountain.
On the fountain is a bronze plaque with the text:
"In memory of the Brocades and Stheeman families,
founders of the pharmaceutical industry in Meppel".
Opening "Prinsenpark" 16 September 1998".
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"Willem Brocades (IJhorst 1778-Meppel 1849) established himself as a pharmacist in Woldstraat in Meppel in 1798. In 1854 Eisso Post Stheeman (Winschoten 1827-Nijmegen 1908) took over this pharmacy. In the following years the pharmacy was greatly expanded and got the allure of a small factory."
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The artist Onno de Ruyter (1937-2013) was a Dutch sculptor.
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