Vintage tea tin by Kanis & Gunnink

Vintage tea tin by Kanis & Gunnink. 

• Manufacturer: Verblifa
• Date of manufacture: 1935 - 1940

Description
Very nice old rectangular green tea tin of the famous brand Kanis & Gunnink. The tin is equipped with a hinged lid that is provided with two hanging hinges. The decoration of this tin consists of a dark green background. The sides of the tin are decorated with golden lotus blossoms. The lid shows an image of two cranes in a bamboo forest.

Inscription at the bottom: K & G's Thee N.V. Kanis & Gunnink Importeurs

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

Size

• Height: 7 cm.
• Length: 14.5 cm.
• Width: 11 cm.

Kanis & Gunnink. 

In 1880, Hendrik Kanis set up a shop in Oriental wares in Kampen, Holland. Frans Gunnink came to work here but wanted to resign in 1885, after meeting Paul Krüger in Kampen. The South African state president visited the Netherlands to get support for the Boer Republic.

Gunnink had accepted the invitation to emigrate and become a teacher in South Africa. Kanis, however, did not like him to go and offered Gunnink a co-management post in the company, which would continue under the name Kanis & Gunnink.

Kanis & Gunnink was taken over by Douwe Egberts in 1969. 

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