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Vintage ARK gingerbread tin, cookie jar and biscuit tin with floral pattern

SKU: 1262

Vintage ARK gingerbread tin, cookie jar and biscuit tin with floral pattern

Description
Lovely set of tins from the famous ARK bakery. This set consists of three beautiful vintage tins, namely a gingerbread tin, cookie jar and biscuit tin. The gingerbread tin has a hinged lid, while the biscuit tin and the biscuit tin have a separate lid. The decoration of these tins consists of a cream-white background with a pattern of various different flowers in the colors red, yellow, purple and blue with green leaves. All three tins are marked with Ark.

Condition
These tins are in a good used condition with age-related traces of wear. The gingerbread tin and the cookie jar have slight traces of use on the inside. The biscuit tin has traces of oxidation on the inside and the lid is difficult to open.

Dimensions

Gingerbread tin

  • Height: 8 cm.
  • Length: 30.5 cm.
  • Width: 10 cm.

Cookie jar

  • Height: 7 cm.
  • Diameter: 18 cm.

Rusk or biscuit tin

  • Height: 22 cm.
  • Diameter: 11.5 cm.

ARK
In 1920 Ark's was a traditional bakery where rusks and gingerbread were made. The ARK family consisted of five sons and two daughters. Two of these sons, Gerrit Jan van Ark and Martinus Johan van Ark, decided to build a factory in 1931
on the Zwolseweg in Heerde, the Netherlands. Ark's Rusk factory is still there today.

At Ark's, in the beginning, only rusks and gingerbread were made. In 1938 biscuit/cookies were added. Ark's delivered to the local bakers and later on to the grocers throughout the Netherlands. Ark's products were particularly popular in provinces such as Overijssel, Zeeland, and Zuid Holland. In 1975 the factory was taken over by 'Bolletje'. Ark's products were a welcome addition to the Bolletje assortment!


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