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Vintage green tea tin by Douwe Egberts with image of two ladies at a tea house

SKU: 1239

Vintage green tea tin by Douwe Egberts with image of two ladies at a tea house.

Green tea tin with two ladies at a teahouse.

  • Manufacturing date: 1910/1960

Description
Green tea tin with hinged lid. The lid has a small handle. The decoration of this tin consists of a green marbled surface with a gold-colored frame at the top. On the lid a picture of two ladies at a teahouse by the water. This tin drum stands on four spherical feet. The legs are placed in a triangular plate, at an angle. The tin is a production of Douwe Egberts.

Lovely tin for storing tea bags, loose tea or teaspoons.

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

Size

  • Height: 7 cm.
  • Length: 13 cm.
  • Width: 10 cm.

 

Douwe Egberts is a brand of coffee and company which was owned by Mondelez International, produced by Jacobs Douwe Egberts. It was founded in Joure, Netherlands by Egbert Douwes in 1753 as The White Ox (De Witte Os) a general grocery shop, which later developed into a company dealing specifically in coffee, tea, and tobacco. By 1925 it had changed its name to Douwe Egberts (as in Douwe, the son of Egbert), and had introduced the red seal with initialism as its logo. 

Douwe Egberts' origins are in Joure, where Egbert Douwe established a grocery shop called "De Witte Os" ("The White Ox") in 1753. The company transferred to his eldest son Douwe Egberts in 1780, from whom it adopted its current name.

The coffee brand Douwe Egberts, especially the more affordable red label, is the traditional coffee drink found in Dutch homes for many years. Collectible seals are printed on the back of the packs of coffee and tea. Consumers can clip these seals to change them for cups, coffeemakers, tea tins etc. This system began around 1925. 


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