Vintage tin by Verkade for gingerbread

Vintage tin by Verkade for gingerbread. 

Rectangular elongated tin with loose cover for storing gingerbread. Made by VERKADE with pink, green and gold floral motifs. On the sides stylized images of bees and a beehive.

• Manufacturing date: 1950/1970

Vintage tin with a rectangular shape with separate cover. Manufacture with rolling edges and seamed longitudinal seam. As decoration, a white background with stylized flower and leaf motifs in pink / green and brown. The tin has a gold bottom and inside. Text on one of the sides at the bottom: Koninklijke Verkade Fabrieken nv Zaandam - Holland.

This tin is in a vintage condition with traces of wear. 

• Height: 9.5 cm.
• Length: 28.5 cm.
• Width: 10.5 cm.

Verkade (Dutch: Koninklijke Verkade) is a Dutch manufacturing company. The company is headquartered in Zaandam and was one of the oldest existing family companies in the Netherlands. In November 2014 the company was acquired by Turkish Pladis. It was founded in 1886 by Ericus Verkade to make mostly bread and rusk, and expanded to produce cookies, sweets, and, especially, chocolates. 

The company was first named "De Ruyter" for a mill in Zaandam which milled flour—the original "ruiter" ("knight") was on the company logo until 1994, when it was removed to make way for a newly designed logo, intended to give the company and its products a more contemporary look. The horseman is still found on Verkade rusk, which currently is made by the competitor, the Bolletje factory in Almelo, using the Verkade recipe. The company acquired the right to bear the "royal" mark in their name in 1950. 

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