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Rectangular tin drum for 1 kg of KWATTA's calibrated cocoa "OLANDA" with performances in a Delft blue tile pictures of a fishing village

SKU: BT-2699-20

Rectangular tin drum for 1 kg of KWATTA's calibrated cocoa "OLANDA" with performances in a Delft blue tile pictures of a fishing village. 

  • Manufacturer: NV Numans tin factories Amsterdam
  • Date of manufacture: 1900 - 1949

Description
Rectangular standing tin drum with Delft blue tile tableau from a Dutch fishing village for 1 kg CACAO by KWATTA. This tin is equipped with a hinged lid with a folding edge. The tin is made with a seamed side and bottom. The hinge of the lid is a so-called needle hinge. On top of the lid an image of a mate at the helm. Blue border decoration.

The decoration of this tin drum consists of various images on all sides of a tile picture in Delft blue with Dutch scenes, including a farmer's couple with a cow in a boat, Volendam costume and fishing village. Text: KWATTA's cocoa "OLANDA". Nett weight 2 Eng. Lbs. Texts in Dutch, English, French and Italian.

Condition
Considering its age, this cocoa tin is still in a very nice and original vintage condition with normal traces of use and age-related traces of wear.

Dimensions

  • Height: 20 cm.
  • Length: 12 cm.
  • Width: 8 cm.​

Kwatta has been a fully Belgian brand name for chocolate products since 1972. Previously it was a Belgian-Dutch brand of chocolate, produced in Breda and Bois-d'Haine (since 1913), with chocolate from a Surinamese cocoa plantation of the same name. The Kwatta company was founded in 1883 by P. de Bondt and Jozef Gustaaf van Emden.

The history of Kwatta has its origins in Suriname. There the Dutchman Gustaaf van Emden owned a cocoa plantation in the neighborhood of Paramaribo in the mid-nineteenth century that was called Kwatta.

The expression "All eyes are focused on Kwatta", is from the past and not (anymore) so much in vogue ,. It comes from this chocolate brand. The expression means that everyone focuses their attention on a specific point or topic. In Noord-Brabant and Gelderland the word kwatta, especially by the elderly, is still used when chocolate is meant, for example to ask "Motte gij un stukske kwatta?" Chocolate sprinkles were also called kwattastrussel.


Some translations come from an automated system and may contain errors. 

Country of origin
The Netherlands - Holland

Kind of object
Cacao tin

Theme
Delft blue - tiles - landscape - Holland - fishing village - townscape - traditional costume - chocolate

Category
Vintage tins

Color
Blue - white

Publisher
Kwatta Breda

Manufacturer
NV Numans blikfabriek

Brand
Kwatta

Material
Tin - metal

Particularities
Hinged lid

Era
1900 - 1949

Quality
Good vintage condition

Height
20,00 cm

Lenght
12,00 cm

Width
8,00 cm

Shipping method
Parcel post with track & trace

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