Cylindrical yellow vintage biscuit tin by Verkade, with colored flowers.

Cylindrical yellow vintage biscuit tin by Verkade, with colored flowers. 

• Manufacturer: Koninklijke Verkade factories N.V. Zaandam - Holland
• Date of manufacture: 1950 - 1980

Description
Round, yellow cylindrical tin for rusks with three rows of colored flowers marked with corn stalks for VERKADE. This tin has a loose lid with a red flower in the middle.

The decoration of this tin consists of a light yellow background with three vertical rows of flowers in red, yellow and blue. Between them rows of gray-colored corn stalks. Text on the bottom of the side: "Verkade factories NV Zaandam Holland".

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

Size

• Height: 21 cm.
• Diameter: 11 cm.

Verkade (Dutch: Koninklijke Verkade) is a Dutch manufacturing company. The company is headquartered in Zaandam and was one of the oldest existing family companies in the Netherlands. 

The company was first named "De Ruyter" for a mill in Zaandam which milled flour—the original "ruiter" ("knight") was on the company logo until 1994, when it was removed to make way for a newly designed logo, intended to give the company and its products a more contemporary look. The horseman is still found on Verkade rusk, which currently is made by the competitor, the Bolletje factory in Almelo, using the Verkade recipe. The company acquired the right to bear the "royal" mark in their name in 1950. 

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