Vintage van Melle tin with horses and riders

Vintage van Melle tin with horses and riders. 

• Manufacturer: Van Melle Rotterdam
• Date of manufacture: 50s / 60s

Description
Rectangular vintage tin with a hinged cover. The decoration of this tin consists of a white background with a drawing of two horsemen. The scene is set up as a racing scene with a white and a black horse. The riders, or jockeys, are dressed in an orange / red outfit.

The sides of the can show the same decorative representation but now in black and white.

Silver inside and bottom. The bottom is marked with the Van Melle logo.

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

Size

• Height: 9 cm.
• Length: 25.5 cm.
• Width: 17 cm.

Van Melle started around 1840 as a bakery in Breskens. They also sold sugar balls. In 1900, Izaak van Melle also began to produce these mechanical. About 1920, Izaak's brother Dirk-Machiel started a factory for biscuits and waffles. 

In 1932 the Brothers Michael and Pierre Van Melle set off for Poland where they learned a procedure to produce soft fruit chews. From the trip they bring the original “Tell Dough” to the Netherlands, leading to the creation of Fruittella. Based on the Fruittella recipe they are inspired to create a peppermint flavoured candy to be later named Mentos. 

World War II destroyed the Van Melle Breskens factory, forcing the company to move to Rotterdam. On 22 November the official opening in Rotterdam took place. 

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