Bottle of very old Jamaican rum from 1760 or 1780. Slightly low level. Green-tinted glass bottle with handwritten label "Rhum 1760 Jamaïque" and illegible label remnants. H_29.8 cm Attached (for tasting) is a 3/4 opened bottle of the same rum, for the detail of its old labels, including several labels bearing the vintage date, or mentioning "mis en ...", "Rebouché le 3 Août 1935". Provenance: Emile Martignole in Barcelona, then by descent to its current owner. Note: Since 1849, Emile Martignole (father), a Frenchman, had been established at 10 Escudillers in Barcelona under the sign "Tienda del Colmado", where he traded in wines and spirits, importing in particular wines from Champagne, Burgundy and Bordeaux. He made a name for himself with his "meat and chicken jelly", a house specialty praised for its dietary virtues. In 1922, Emile Martignole set up shop on the chic Paseo de Gracia, no. 43, on the first floor of the Casa Batlló, a modernist building designed by architect Antoni Gaudí in the early years of the 20th century. He would remain there until the years preceding the Civil War. According to family tradition, this bottle of rum comes from a batch of very old Jamaican rum, dated 1760 or 1780, which Emile Martignole and his son Emilio had bought at a World's Fair, perhaps the Paris Exhibition of 1878 or 1900. Bibliography: - Barcelona Artistica e industrial, 1909, P. 36 - Lluis PERMANYER "El Colmado cobró otra dimensión con Martignole", La Vanguardia, 30/12/2001