Vintage octagonal storage container or tin by Brinta

Vintage tin by Brinta. 

Rare octagonal drum with lid and provided with land scenes for Brinta porridge by Honig. 

Dating from 1950 to 1990 

Beautiful vintage tin by Brinta in an octagonal shape with slightly bulbed cover. Decorated in greenish pastel tones with drawnings of plowing, sowing, harvesting, threshing and grinding of grain. 

Golden colored at the inside. Texts on two sides. Recipes: tasty breakfast variations - the healthy dessert. The content: BRINTA whole wheat - Composition of the whole wheat kernel. Content 500 grams, Honig Koog aan de Zaan. The plowing, the sowing, the land, the contents, the harvesting, the threshing, the mill, recipes. 

• Height: 17 cm. 
• Length: 11.8 cm. 
• Width: 11.8 cm. 

Brinta, short for Breakfast Instant Tarwe (wheat), was created in the province of Groningen in 1944. The partially English name was given tot he product as a tender (or commercial sound) gesture tot he English and American armed forces who were stationed in our country during that time, and who who were much more familiar with robuster breakfast grains. In 1963, the year of the coldest Elfstedentocht yet, the winner of this long distance skating event happend to mention that all he had for breakfast was “a serving of Brinta porridge”.  The connection between sports and Brinta was made, and it continues to this day.