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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9431021, member: 2844&quot;]It was the actual fuel for the fire. Probably not very healthy, but not much was in those days.</p><p>Close to Friesland, and even in part of Friesland, were important peat fields. Because Friesland was on the coast, it became the province where peat was shipped to Holland and other parts of Europe.</p><p><br /></p><p>The peat trade hub was the Friesian capital Leeuwarden, where taxes were levied before distribution to Holland etc. One of my ancestors was &#039;peatmaster&#039;, head peat tax collector, in Leeuwarden in the 18th century.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Maybe not the most popular profession, but I did think it nice that an affordable and good quality Hindeloopen antique turned out to have a Frisian peat connection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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