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Item 1677 of 2719

Vintage cocoa tin by Côte d'Or

SKU: 783

Romantic Cote d'Or cocoa tin. 

Gold colored tin with black accents and button on the lid. It has an inlay cover. On the outside are images of a man and woman in 18th-century clothing. The tin is marked at the bottom with Cote d'Or.

  • Height: 10 cm. (incl. button) 
  • Width: 8 cm. 
  • Length: 10 cm. 
     

Côte d'Or is a producer of Belgian chocolate, owned by Mondelēz International. Côte d'Or was founded in 1883 by Charles Neuhaus, a chocolate manufacturer who used the name Côte d'Or (pseudo-French for Gold Coast referring to the old name of contemporary Ghana, the source of many of the cacao beans used in chocolate manufacturing.

The emblem of Côte d'Or is an elephant, a symbol that recalls the African origin of the cocoa beans used in the manufacture of Côte d'Or. One source also claims that elephants were used to haul the sacks of cocoa beans. In an earlier version of the logo, three pyramids and a palm tree were also featured. This logo was based on a Ghanaian post stamp, showing three icons (elephant, palm tree, pyramids) of exotic Africa.


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