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Vintage orange tin canister by VERKADE biskovite Zaandam

SKU: 1565

Vintage orange tin canister by VERKADE biskovite Zaandam

Gorgeous old orange tin with yellow squares and sunflowers by VERKADE biskovite Zaandam

  • Manufacturer: Verkade
  • Manufacturing date: 1920/1970

Description
Cylindrical tin canister with lid. The decoration of this tin consists of an orange background with a network of yellow windows. Vertically five rows of sunflowers with leaf. The lid has three sunflowers with leaves.

Text
At the bottom of the tin embossed: Verkade Biskovite Zaandam.

This tin is in an original vintage condition with traces of use. For biscuits from Verkade.

Size

  • Height: 17.0 cm.
  • Diameter: 7.5 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. 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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