Oval scalloped vintage tin box for ALBERT HEIJN with a depiction of a carriage with horses

Oval scalloped vintage tin box for ALBERT HEIJN with a depiction of a carriage with horses.

• Manufacturer: Albert Heijn
• Date of manufacture: 1920/1970

Beautiful old scalloped tin from ALBERT HEIJN.

Description
Tin box with a scalloped oval shape and in a used vintage condition. The tin is equipped with a loose lid with rolled edge on support and without seams. The decoration of this tin consists of a white background with gold-coloured details. The lid has a cream-coloured oval with a multicoloured stylized open carriage with horses. The underside is golden with white dots. Text at the bottom: ALBERT HEIJN Zaandam.

A version of a red carriage and horses with driving direction to the left is also known.

Condition
This tin is in a vintage condition with various traces of use, light erosion on the lid and shows traces of age-related wear. Photos are part of the description.

Dimensions

• Height: 3.5 cm.
• Length: 14.5 cm.
• Width: 16.5 cm.

Albert Heijn sr. Comes from the Heijn family from Oostzaan. In 1887 he took over from his father Jan Heijn his grocery store in the Kerkbuurt of Oostzaan. Eight years later he opened the first branch in Purmerend and in Zaandam he opened a Central Warehouse in 1899.

The basis for its own production companies was laid in 1911, also in Zaandam, where coffee roasting and cake baking began in the kitchen of an old mansion. In 1920 the Company for the Exploitation of Factories and Trade was founded.

Seven years later, in 1927, the store chain celebrated its 40th anniversary. The company now had 107 branches and was awarded the title of Purveyor to the Royal Household.

In 1952 Albert Heijn opened its first self-service shop in Schiedam.

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