Vintage tin box with button for KING extra strong pepermunt, 1920 - 1930

Vintage tin box with button for KING extra strong pepermunt, 1920 - 1930. 

Rare old King Peppermint tin store box. Large candy box with button for KING extra strong peppermint.

• Manufacturing date: 1920/1930

Description
Old vintage tin with a rectangular shape and equipped with a hinged lid. This is a suspension hinge with loose tabs. On the inside of the lid is the text "Bus Sluiten" (Close box). At the front of this tin box is a round button.

The decoration of this tin consists of blue surfaces with edges of dark blue, yellow and red. Furthermore, this tin has different lettering in blue, yellow and gold. On the short side, this tin has two flags. Text: KING peppermint medicine and delicacy at the same time. Legally deposited, extra strong peppermint. Only real with this brand. Under constant control of H.H. Dr, van Hamel Roos & Harmens Amsterdam (Dutch text).

Condition
This tin is in an original vintage condition with various traces of wear and wear. Most vissible to the eye are the perforations in the lid, probably caused by a knife. Tear in right of the corner lid.

Size

• Height: 17.0 cm.
• Length: 25.0 cm.
• Width: 18.3 cm.

KING peppermint is traditionally produced in the Tonnemafabriek in Sneek. The brand has been owned by candy multinational Cloetta since 2012, which then merged with the originally Dutch Leaf International.

In 1902 the sugar-making company Tonnema was founded in Sneek. That made peppermint for various customers in different qualities and flavors. In the twenties, this approach was abandoned and opted for a strict brand and quality policy. In 1922 the own brand was deposited: KING, the king of the peppermint. KING stood for Quality In Nothing Unmatched. The peppermint was no longer sold separately, from 1927 onwards, the roles that were hand-worked in the first years were "complicated".

Tonnema, like other producers, called his peppermint "extra strong". From the thirties onwards, this designation was no longer used, although the taste remained the same. In 1993, in addition to the ordinary taste, a real "extra strong" arrived; this was called "a combination between power and delicious" by the manufacturer.

Initially, peppermint was popular as a medicinal remedy for tickling cough or dry mouth. For KING peppermint it was advertised as "stimulating and invigorating as a beneficent medicine". The quality was checked by the "Laboratory for Chemical and Microscopic Research: Dr. Paul François van Hamel Roos, Advisors for Chemical and Hygienic Affairs of the House of H.M. de Koningin". Doctor Van Hamel Roos, pharmacist and analyst in Amsterdam, checked the quality several times a year. He lived on the Keizersgracht and had his chemical laboratory there. Later, the government took over this type of inspections with the TNO. Due to a legal prohibition the predicate "medicinal" disappeared from the packaging. What remained is the face of doctor Van Hamel-Roos, which is still on every roll of KING peppermint.

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