They were grown extensively in the Caribbean Islands, most of which were British colonies. The first pineapple was shipped to England in 1668 and were continually shipped, along with processed sugarcane products, until they were able to be cultivated in England (with the use of heated greenhouses) in the mid 1720s. They would not have been imported from the Indian colonies (even thought the Portuguese introduced the fruit to India in the 1540's), where the elephants would have come from but having the two items in the same piece of furniture was a subtle boast about the reach of the empire, and quite possibly the reach of the business interests of the owner or person who commissioned it.
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First of all, there was no pineapple in the “colonies” and if there were, the pineapple would not make the trip home.
They were grown extensively in the Caribbean Islands, most of which were British colonies. The first pineapple was shipped to England in 1668 and were continually shipped, along with processed sugarcane products, until they were able to be cultivated in England (with the use of heated greenhouses) in the mid 1720s. They would not have been imported from the Indian colonies (even thought the Portuguese introduced the fruit to India in the 1540's), where the elephants would have come from but having the two items in the same piece of furniture was a subtle boast about the reach of the empire, and quite possibly the reach of the business interests of the owner or person who commissioned it.
@@anthonymcnamara4002 thank you for the history lesson. I clearly didn’t know what I was talking about. I was thinking the American colonies.
Pineapples were gifts in the 1700s US south. Thos.Jefferson ate them.
They were initially used as table decor. Picked unripe, loaded on a fast boat from the Caribbean, and used to impress the neighbors until they rotted.
Second of all the Bahamas were a British Colony and yes they had pineapples. In fact they were one of the first to commercially grow them.