Vintage tin for Pickwick tea bags by Douwe Egberts

Vintage tin for Pickwick tea bags by Douwe Egberts. 

Old white tin box with drawn scenes of travelers by stagecoach for PICKWICK TEA by Douwe Egberts. 

• Dated: 1930/1970

Description
This tin has a rectangular shape and has a loose lid with a rolled edge. Decorated on all sides and lid. White background with multicolored drawings of a stagecoach and various persons. Gold-colored inside. Text on the sign of the drawing on the lid: PICKWICK TEA

Sizes

• Height: 5.3 cm.
• Length: 18 cm.
• Width: 7.5 cm.

Douwe Egberts (or DE) is a Dutch company that processes and trades coffee, tea and other foods. The company was founded in 1753. In 1978, after a number of steps, the company was completely taken over by the American company Sara Lee. In mid-2012 the company became independent and DE went to the stock market as D.E. Master Blenders 1753 NV. After a bid for all shares, the company will be fully owned by a German investor at the end of 2013.

Pickwick is a tea brand from Douwe Egberts. The brand dates back from 1937, before the company sold unbranded tea for the first time in 1753 from a shop in the Midstraat in Joure, Holland.

The name Pickwick is inspired by the title of the book The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens. The wife of the director had taken note of this book and suggested the real English sounding name 'Pickwick'.

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