Commemorative box, "Cement Portlandzki 1857", amber-colored glass, Poland, the 20th cent., h 6.3 x 8.5 x 12.3 cm, 1857, the legendary "Grodziec" cement factory began its operations in the town of Grodziec (now a district of Będzin, Poland). It became the first Portland cement plant in Poland (at that time part of the Kingdom of Poland within the Russian Empire) and only the fifth cement plant in the entire world

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article:	case
additional information:	commemorative case, "Cement Portlandzki 1857", amber-colored glass
manufaturer's country:	Poland
period:	the 20th cent.
dimensions:	h 6.3 x 8.5 x 12.3
additional information:	1857, the legendary "Grodziec" cement factory began its operations in the town of Grodziec (now a district of Będzin, Poland). It became the first Portland cement plant in Poland (at that time part of the Kingdom of Poland within the Russian Empire) and only the fifth cement plant in the entire world