Vintage candy tin by Lonka with image "The Spinster" by Henri de Breakeleer.

Vintage candy tin by Lonka with image "The Spinster" by Henri de Breakeleer.

The lid is decorated with a picture of the painting "De Spinster".

• Manufacturer: Schuybroek (Antwerpen) 
• Manufacturing date: 1945 / 1959 

Description
Vintage rectangular candy tin from Lonka equipped with a hinged lid. The decoration of this tin consists of a light brown surface with various gold-colored decorations. On the front and back in a medallion the text: h. De Braekeleer, De Spinster / h. The Breakeleer, La Fileuse. Front has a keyhole, unfortunately, the key is missing.

The lid is decorated with a picture of the painting "De Spinster". This is a painting by the Flemish painter and etcher Henri de Breakeleer. The bottom of the tin is marked with the brand name "Lonka".

Lonka is derived from London Caramel Works. The first factory was opened in Breda (The netherlands) in 1920; ten years later a second branch in Essen (Belgium) followed.

Condition
This tin is in a beautiful vintage condition with age-related traces of use and wear.

Dimensions

• Height: 9 cm.
• Length: 30.5 cm.
• Width: 20.5 cm.

H. de Braekeleer
Henri Jean Augustin de Braekeleer (11 June 1840 – 20 July 1888) was a Belgian painter. Henri de Braekeleer was born and died in Antwerp. 

In 1863, he went to Germany and, in 1864, to the Netherlands, studying works by 16th- and 17th-century painters in both countries. The influence of Johannes Vermeer was especially important, seen in one of de Braekeleer's most characteristic subjects: a single person absorbed in a quiet activity, shown in an interior lit by a window.

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