Vintage tin in shape of book, Gourmets Delight G.D. Victoria Holland

Vintage tin in shape of book, Gourmets Delight G.D. Victoria Holland. 

Tin book shaped box: Orange leather imitation, Gourmets Delight by VICTORIA

• Manufacturer: Dutch bet. J. Bekkers & son
• Manufacturing date: 1900/1940

Description
This old vintage tin was made in the period between 1900 and 1940. It has a rectangular book shape with cover and straight pages. This tin has a hinged lid. The hinge has three separate tabs.

The decoration of this tin consists of a red surface with leather imitation. Furthermore, the lid has embossed gold colored ornamental borders and precious stones. On the cover of the book a gold medallion with book title also is embossed. The back has ribs and has the text: Gourmets Delight. Victoria Holland G.D.

Condition
This book shaped tin is certainly in a decent condition, given the age, with some traces of use and wear.

Size

• Height: 5.1 cm.
• Length: 24.0 cm.
• Width: 17.5 cm.

Victoria
Victoria was a biscuit and chocolate factory that originated in Belgium in 1896. Familiarity was acquired by the eponymous chocolate brand. At the peak of its existence, the company owned factories in Koekelberg, in Dordrecht, the Netherlands, and in Boulogne-Billancourt in France, and there were approximately 4,000 employees.

The biscuit production was moved to Victoria-Dordrecht, which in the meantime was completely in the hands of Gebeco. The building was split up and used by several companies to finally be converted into habitation in 2002. The municipality Koekelberg bought the central part with the intention to house the Belgian Chocolate Village.

Gebeco came into the hands of Générale Biscuit in 1978, which itself was created by the merger of the cookie factories Céraliment and LU Brun.

Cookie production
In Dordrecht, Victoria built a new modern factory south of the city that was opened in 1980. In 1986, Générale Biscuit was taken over by BSN-Gervais-Danone, which in 1994 changed its name to Groupe Danone. The group chose to fully promote the biscuit brand LU. Until 1992, Dordrecht was still producing under the brand name Victoria. In 2002, the biscuit factory finally closed and production was transferred to Herentals in Belgium. The building was sold to Continental Bakeries-Haust.

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