Vintage Royco tin for dried soups with drawings by Rien Poortvliet

Vintage Royco tin for dried soups with drawings by Rien Poortvliet.

• Manufacturer: Zaanlandia blik
• Date of manufacture: 1980s

Description
Tin for soup by Royco with images of nature and animals by Rien Poortvliet.

Royco soup tin for dried vegetable soup from the 1980s. With illustrations by Rien Poortvliet of a deer, rabbits, foxes and an owl. Equipped with a hinged lid. In a vintage condition with some traces of use, otherwise a nice tin with beautiful drawings.

Royco was a brand of the American Lipton (registered in 1933 by its subsidiary Royal Estate Tea Company) which became part of Unilever in 1937. Dry soups were introduced to Europe around 1950.

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

Size

• Height: 9 cm.
• Width: 12 cm.
• Length: 17 cm.

Rien Poortvliet 
Marinus Harm (Rien) Poortvliet (Schiedam, August 7, 1932 - Soest, September 15, 1995) was a Dutch illustrator, draftsman and painter.

As a plasterer's son from Schiedam, Poortvliet did not seem destined for an existence as an artist. His parents were strictly Reformed and did not like the idea that their eldest son would go to an art academy.

Poortvliet's drawing talent manifested itself in his youth. After secondary school, the young Poortvliet went to work at an advertising agency. After completing military service in the Navy, he rose to senior manager at Unilever's advertising agency.

Poortvliet enjoyed his side activities for various publishers more. He illustrated books by Jaap ter Haar, Leonard Roggeveen and Godfried Bomans, among others. He was a passionate hunter and started drawing nature subjects.

In the late 1960s, Poortvliet had reached the point that he thought he could quit his job to establish himself as an independent illustrator. He did not have enough work and in order to earn a living, he compiled a book with self-made drawings and watercolors based on his hunting experiences. Later he also made a similar work about the life of Jesus of Nazareth.

Poortvliet saw himself as a drawing storyteller. His drawings told the story. At most he wrote a short caption for explanation.

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