Vintage tin by Niemeijer's KOFFIE en THEE, erkend de beste. With Eastern motifs, dragons, wajang and flowers

Vintage tin by Niemeijer's KOFFIE en THEE, erkend de beste. With Eastern motifs, dragons, wajang and flowers. 

• Manufacturer: Verblifa
• Date of manufacture: 1930 - 1935

Description
Square coffee or tea tin by Niemeijer in a coarse filigree embossed print with color areas in red, yellow, blue and green all around. Equipped with a hinged lid. The decoration of this tin consists of various flower and dragon motifs. Seam in bottom and side. Sides decorated with wajang and flower. The lid is attached with hanging hinges.

Text embossed on bottom: "Niemeijer's KOFFIE en THEE erkend de beste".

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

Size

• Height: 7 cm.
• Length: 17 cm.
• Width: 15.5 cm.

Niemeyer BV has been a family business for a long time, resulting from a trade in colonial goods. This trade was founded by Meindert Niemeijer on March 25, 1819. The trade was then just outside the city and sold products from the colonies, including tobacco. The tobacco trade (Het Wapen van Rotterdam) was expanded with the production of tobacco. In this way, the company had both the production and sale of notch tobacco in-house. After son Theodorus Niemeijer had taken over the company from his father, the company started producing for other companies in addition to its own production (of the brand 'the weapon of Rotterdam'). 'De Bijenkorf' and 'de Tabakshandel' are some examples of this. The company also started producing coffee and tea.

During the great depression in 1932/1933, the company stopped producing cigarettes. The factory spaces were used for the production of coffee and tea.

The company survived World War II by producing surrogate coffee and tea substitute (under the name Savora).

The company grew during the twentieth century. It took over various tobacco manufacturers in the city of Groningen, including F. Lieftinck, and also entered the international markets. Due to the intense competition from Douwe Egberts, the company had to stop coffee and tea sales in the 1960s.

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