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Mazawattee Cocoa Advertising Showcard - Mazawattee Cocoa advertising showcard featuring a chromotype illustration titled Britannia Welcomes the New Cocoa (Latariba). The scene depicts a personification of Britannia in a red robe and helmet standing on a gilded barge, shaking hands with a woman in South Asian dress. A smaller vessel laden with barrels and manned by rowers is positioned to the side. The background features a city skyline and floral arrangements with a Union Jack flag. Wording to the top and bottom borders reads MAZAWATTEE COCOA and BRITANNIA WELCOMES THE NEW COCOA. ( LATARIBA ). The piece is signed M Brown to the lower left and bears the printer mark DAVID ALLEN & SONS, Ltd., Harrow, London, Belfast, &c. (Copyright Reserved) to the lower right. Housed in a black-painted wooden frame with a gold-tone inner slip. Width 37 1/4 inches, height 27 3/4 inches.