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Elongated vintage tin with embossed lid for Carro's chocolates by A.DRIESSEN Rotterdam

SKU: BT-2668-20

Elongated vintage tin with embossed lid for Carro's chocolates by A.DRIESSEN Rotterdam. 

  • Manufacturer: A. Driessen
  • Date of manufacture: unknown​

Description
This vintage tin has an elongated rectangular shape and is equipped with a hinged lid. The lid has on the left an embossed image of 12 dark brown chocolates with the text CARRO on a gold colored background. On the right side this tin is red with the text "Carro's Chocolade". The inside of the lid is golden. The tin box itself has a metallic color on the inside.

Lettering on the sides in capitals with the text: N.V. CACOA- EN CHOCOLAADFABRIEKEN A. DRIESSEN-ROTTERDAM. On the left three chocolates with the name Carro. On the one end the text: Made in Rotterdam, Holland. The other end shows three Carro chocolates.

On the bottom this tin is marked with the embossed text: n.v. Cacoa & Chocolaadfabrieken A. Driessen

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

Size

  • Height: 4.6 cm.
  • Length: 33.5 cm.
  • Width: 10.5 cm.

A. Driessen is a Dutch chocolate brand name. A. Driessen's factory has been located in Rotterdam since 1820.

The raw material cocoa came from the then colony of Suriname. In 1854, the Driessen Cocoa and Chocolate Factory in the Rubroek district of Rotterdam became operational. Later the company was moved to the Rechter Rottekade.

In 1871 the company received the title of purveyor to the supplier. The factory was expanded in 1893 and by the end of the century Driessen was one of the most important chocolate companies in the Netherlands. After the outbreak of a crisis on the cocoa market in 1907, raw material prices rose sharply. However, it was the stock market crash of 1929 and the subsequent Great Depression that killed the factory. Driessen was taken over by the Breda chocolate factory Kwatta in 1935. After more than a century, the once famous company came to an end.


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Country of origin
The Netherlands - Holland

Kind of object
Chocolate box - chocolate tin

Theme
Chocolate Carro's van A. Driessen

Category
Vintage tins

Color
Brown - gold - red

Manufacturer
N.V. cacao- en chocolaadfabrieken A. Driessen

Brand
A. Driessen

Material
Tin - metal

Particularities
Hinged lid - Red version

Quality
Good vintage condition

Height
4,60 cm

Lenght
33,50 cm

Width
10,50 cm

Shipping method
Parcel post with track & trace

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