Vintage biscuit tin for van Melle's biscuits

Vintage biscuit tin for van Melle's biscuits.

Square tin with images of a parrot, peacock and a bird of paradise for Van Melle biscuits, Breskens.

Large high square vintage biscuit tin for van Melle's biscuits with rounded corners. This tin is richly decorated with floral motifs. Tin has a loose lid with the Dutch coat of arms on top and the caption "JE MAINTIENDRAI". 

At three sides different birds are shown, such as a peacock a parrot and a bird of paradise. The back is showing the van Melle's logo.

In addition, the tin is decorated with details of grape vines surrounded by gold-colored ornamental edges.

• Height: 19 cm.
• Length: 15 cm.
• Width: 15 cm.

Van Melle started around 1840 as a bakery in Breskens. They also sold sugar balls. In 1900, Izaak van Melle also began to produce these mechanical. About 1920, Izaak's brother Dirk-Machiel started a factory for biscuits and waffles. 

In 1932 the Brothers Michael and Pierre Van Melle set off for Poland where they learned a procedure to produce soft fruit chews. From the trip they bring the original “Tell Dough” to the Netherlands, leading to the creation of Fruittella. Based on the Fruittella recipe they are inspired to create a peppermint flavoured candy to be later named Mentos. 

World War II destroyed the Van Melle Breskens factory, forcing the company to move to Rotterdam. On 22 November the official opening in Rotterdam took place.