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Vintage set of Douwe Egbert pickwick tea tins

SKU: 755

Vintage set Douwe Egbert Pickwick tea tins. 

Set of four vintage Pickwick tea tins by Douwe Egberts in red,yellow/orange, green and green/gold. 

This set consist of:

Square yellow/orange tin with rounded corners and round lid with an exotic image of an oriental woman with a cup of tea for 50 grams of "Pickwick"-tea by Douwe Egberts, Joure.

Square green tin with rounded corners and a round lid with the image of two horses and a cariage for 50 grams of "Pickwick"-tea by Douwe Egberts, Joure.

Square red tin with rounded corners and a round lid with an image of a Chinese man and woman for 50 grams "Pickwick"-tea by Douwe Egberts, Joure.

Square green/golden tin with rounded corners and a round lid with the image of a stagecoach on front and back of tin. On the lid the logo D-E in brown/golden lettering. On the bottom the text: 'Douwe Egberts Joure-Utrecht Pickwick Thee'. Inhoud 50 gram, 20 theezakjes à 4 gram. This tin is a nostalgic replica of the tin that was produced in the fifties.

  • Red tin: 'China Thee Melange'. 
  • Yellow tin: 'Geurige Ceylon Thee Melange'. 
  • Green tin: 'Fijne Engelse Thee Melange'. 
  • Gren/golden tin: "Douwe Egbert Pickwick thee".

Measurements  

  • Height: 11 cm. 
  • Length: 10,5 cm. 
  • Width: 10,5 cm. 

Pickwick is a tea brand, marketed by Dutch company Douwe Egberts. Douwe Egberts tea had been marketed under the company name since 1753, but in 1937 the name Pickwick was chosen by director Johannes Hessel's wife, who was inspired by Charles Dickens's Pickwick Papers.

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