Rectangular biscuit tin by PATRIA with Delft blue representations of windmill and polder landscape

Rectangular biscuit tin by PATRIA with Delft blue representations of windmill and polder landscape.

• Manufacturer: Patria, quality biscuits, Amsterdam Holland
• Manufacturing date: 1950 - 1990

Description
Vintage biscuit tin with a rectangular shape and a loose lid. Made with seamed long seam. The decoration of this tin consists of a white background with a blue printed watercolor of a Dutch polder landscape with windmill, sailboat and farm on all sides and lid. Brand name PATRIA embossed in the bottom. Text: "Patria, quality biscuits, Amsterdam Holland".

Condition
This tin is in a vintage condition with traces of use and age-related traces of wear. Pictures are part of the description.

Size

• Height: 6.2 cm.
• Length: 11.5 cm.
• Width: 7.4 cm.

Biscuit factory Patria in Amsterdam can boast of having announced the Rijksmuseum in many Dutch families. Many will remember the large biscuit drum - referred to as “jaws” in some parts of the country - with the Rijksmuseum's pressed image printed on the lid, found on many living room tables in the 1950s.

Cookies, biscuits and the well-known crackers were made at Patria. In 1978 the Patria factory on the Haarlemmerweg received a lot of attention all over the country. The women who worked there campaigned against the closure of the company. They even occupied the factory for a week. Eventually the factory closed. It was demolished in 1981.

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