Rectangular high gold-colored tin drum for 1/2 kg. cocoa by C. Jamin, Rotterdam

Rectangular high gold-colored tin drum for 1/2 kg. cocoa by C. Jamin, Rotterdam.

• Manufacturer: N.V. Dordrechtsche Metaalwarenfabriek v / h Wed. J. Bekkers & Son
• Date of manufacture: 1920 - 1928

Rectangular cocoa tin with hinged lid, "C. Jamin's cocoa", golden and black.

Description
Rectangular tin drum for cocoa with rounded corners and equipped with a hinged lid. The decoration of this tin consists of a gold-colored black speckled surface with the company name and product name C. Jamin on the entire tin. All surfaces of this tin are framed with black speckled background on a gold colored surface with a pattern of lines and blocks.

This tin has a longitudinal seam on one of the corners.

Texts

• On lid: "C.Jamin", edge of lid: "1/2 kg - 1 Pond", "For Eng 1". 
• Front: "CACAO", "C.Jamin", "ROTTERDAM"
• Back: "CACAO", "C.Jamin", "ROTTERDAM", In small letters at the bottom side "WED J. BEKKERS & ZOON DORDRECHT (Holland)"
• Left side: "C.Jamin's / CACAO", "PUR et SOLUBLE", "PURE and SOLUBLE", "ROTTERDAM".
• Right side: "C.Jamin's CACAO", "ZUIVER EN OPLOSBAAR", "REIN und LÖSLICH", "ROTTERDAM".

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

Size

• Height: 16 cm.
• Length: 9 cm.
• Width: 9 cm.

Jamin is a retail chain of confectionery vendors, as well as a former confectionery and ice-cream factory.

In 1870 Cornelis Jamin (1850-1907) opened a chocolate shop in Rotterdam. The case went well and he could expand. In 1880 he started sugar-making factories at the Rodezand and Crooswijksekade, and in 1883 the first Jamin store opened. When Cornelis Jamin died in 1907, there were 50 Jamin stores in and around Rotterdam.

Until the bankruptcy in 1985 the assortment consisted of candy, sugar, nougat, cake, licorice, chocolate articles, packaged ice cream, and pudding. Everything was manufactured, transported and sold in-house.

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