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Item 456 of 2719

Vintage square tin "De roem van Antwerpen - Antwerpse handjes"

SKU: BT-2831-20

Vintage square tin "De roem van Antwerpen - Antwerpse handjes". 

  • Manufacturer: 
  • Date of manufacture: 1947 - 1960

Description
Square cookie tin for Antwerpse Handjes. This tin is fitted with a hinged lid. The decoration of this tin consists of a white background with on the lid a hand in yellow and red. A gray background shows the cityscape of Antwerp.

Text in red: The fame of Antwerp - Antwerp hands (translated).

"Antwerpse handjes" are an Antwerp regional product. They are biscuits and / or chocolates made in shape of a hand.

Jos Hakker was an enterprising pastry chef in the Provincie street in Antwerp. On his initiative, the Antwerp Confectioners' Association organized a competition in 1934 to give Antwerp a culinary specialty. Hakker also took part himself and won with the now well-known “Antwerpse Handjes”. When you open a box of “Antwerpse Handjes”, you discover both the cookies and the legend of giant Antigoon and Brabo.

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

Size

  • Height: 6.2 cm.
  • Length: 12.8 cm.
  • Width: 12.8 cm.

The story behind the Antwerpse Handjes
The name Antwerp is said to have originated from the Dutch word "hand throwing". According to folklore, notably celebrated by a statue in front of the town hall, the city got its name from a legend about a giant called Antigoon who lived near the Scheldt river. He extracted a toll from passing boatmen, and for those who refused, he severed one of their hands and threw it into the river. Eventually the giant was killed by a young hero named Silvius Brabo, who cut off the giant's own hand and flung it into the river. Hence the name Antwerpen, from Dutch hand werpen, akin to Old English hand and wearpan (to throw), which has evolved to today's warp.

Antwerpse handjes are an Antwerp regional product. They are biscuits and / or chocolates made in the form of a hand. These hands are a reference to the legend about the origin of Antwerp. After all, the giant Druon Antigoon chopped off the hands of the passing boatmen who refused to pay tolls until he was killed by Silvius Brabo. Afterwards, Brabo also threw the hand of Druon Antigoon in the Scheldt.

The hand came from a competition of the Royal Association of Master Confectioners of Antwerp. In pursuit of an Antwerp culinary specialty, Amsterdam Jewish confectioner Jos Hakker came up with the winning design in 1934: a dessert biscuit in the shape of a hand. The dough consists of butter, sugar, eggs, flour and shaved almonds. The shape, composition and packaging are now owned by the Syndikale Unie for Bread, Pastry, Chocolate and Ice Cream Company VZW through a patent protection.

Initially, the hands had no filling, but since 1982 there has been a variant with marzipan and Elixir d'Anvers and a variant with praline filling.


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Country of origin
Belgium

Kind of object
Cookie tin - biscuit tin - chocolate tin

Theme
Tin - cookies - Antwerpse handjes

Category
Vintage tins

Color
White - red - yellow - blue

Material
Tin - metal

Particularities
Hinged lid

Era
1947 - 1960

Quality
Vintage with traces of use

Height
6,20 cm

Lenght
12,80 cm

Width
12,80 cm

Shipping method
Parcel post with track & trace

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