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Brocante reseda green enamel canister for sugar

SKU: 2287

Brocante reseda green enamel canister for sugar.

  • Date of manufacture: 1950 - 1960

Description
Brocante enamel reseda green sugar canister with loose pewter lid. Equipped with the text "Sugar" in cool white enamel block letters. Inside and bottom also green enamel. A narrow golden border under the lettering.

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

Size

  • Height: 15 cm.
  • Diameter: 11 cm.

Brocante
The word "Brocante" is originally a French word and literally means "second-hand" or "flea market." Brocante often refers to products with an old and used appearance, such as an old semi-antique cupboard, table or mirror. Brocante is often old and has a weathered character. Brocante is not old enough to be seen as antiques. Antiques must be at least 50 years old. There are two types of brocante: old and new brocante.

Old brocante market is, as the word suggests, old, used and lived through. The paint is peeling off, cracks are visible or the legs are crooked. This gives the old brocante their characteristic and weathered appearance, which brings a rural atmosphere. This gives brocante a casual and rural atmosphere to the interior, which makes it very popular. These small "flaws" are also a difference with respect to antiques, where this kind of "defects" are not desired and are often repaired.

Enamel. 
Vitreous enamel, also called porcelain enamel, is a material made by fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing, usually between 750 and 850 °C (1,380 and 1,560 °F). The powder melts, flows, and then hardens to a smooth, durable vitreous coating on metal, or on glass or ceramics. 

The term "enamel" is most often restricted to work on metal. Enameling is an old and widely adopted technology. 

Since the 19th century, the term applies also to industrial materials and many metal consumer objects, such as some cooking vessels, sinks, and tubs. ("Enamelled" and "enameling" are the preferred spellings in British English, while "enameled" and "enameling" are preferred in American English.) 


Some translations come from an automated system and may contain errors. 

Country of origin
The Netherlands - Holland

Kind of object
Enamel sugar canister

Theme
Canister - enamel - reseda green

Category
Brocante - bric-a-brac - enamel

Color
Reseda green - white - metal

Material
metal - enamel

Particularities
Loose lid

Era
1950 - 1960

Quality
Brocante with traces of use and wear

Height
15,00 cm

Diameter
11,00 cm

Shipping method
Parcel post with track & trace

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