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Large Shop Tin for Coffee and Tea bij the "Van Nelle" brand, Rotterdam

SKU: BT-3274-21

Large Shop Tin for Coffee and Tea bij the "Van Nelle" brand, Rotterdam.

  • Manufacturing date: 1933 - 1955
  • Maker / Manufacturer: Wed. J. van Nelle
  • Design: Jac. Jongert (Wormer 1883 - Reeuwijk 1942)

Description
Rectangular shop tin for Van Nelle coffee and tea in yellow-red-black with a hinged lid. This tin box is painted all around with a bright yellow and red stripe. On each side is the same text in clean, sans-serif letters, in the colors red, blue and white. The lid also follows this color scheme and text. The lid has a small handle on the front. On the inside of the lid is a black rectangular frame with text. The sleek and professional design stood for modern and progressive, the image with which Van Nelle wanted to distinguish itself from its competitors.

Texts around and on the lid: "VAN NELLE FOR COFFEE AND TEA". Inside: "THIS SHOPPING DRUM is only given on loan to our customers to store our Packaged Coffee and Tea in it; if this is not the case, the drum can be taken back by us. THE HERITAGE THE WED. J. VAN NELLE N.V." (translated from Dutch).

Condition
This old tin shopping drum by Van Nelle is in an original vintage condition with multiple traces of use and age-related traces of wear. Bottom has some very small holes. Photos are part of the description.

Dimensions

  • Height: 37.5 cm.
  • Length: 42 cm.
  • Width: 28.5 cm.

Van Nelle was a Dutch manufacturer of rolling tobacco, cigarettes, coffee and tea.

In 1782 Johannes van Nelle and his wife Hendrica started a shop in coffee, tea, and tobacco at the Leuvehaven in Rotterdam. After the death of Johannes van Nelle in 1811, his widow continued the store. In 1813 the widow also died. Son Johannes van Nelle Jr. and his brother-in-law Abraham Goedkoop continued the business under the name De Erven de Wed. J. van Nelle (the heirs of the widow). After the death of Johannes van Nelle jr. The Van der Leeuw family took a share in the firm in 1837. From 1845 Van Nelle was entirely in the hands of the Van der Leeuw family.

Jacobus Johannes van der Leeuw built the company between 1837 and 1881. He established worldwide trade contacts, established his own plantations in the Dutch East Indies and built the shop into a coffee roasting factory and the processing of tobacco and tea. Around the turn of the century, coffee and tea became increasingly important. Van Nelle, therefore, made a great profit.

The company distinguished itself through its own approach, with appealing advertising figures such as Piggelmee. The period around the Second World War was difficult for Van Nelle. But from the fifties on, under the direction of director J.P. Coelingh it did better again.


Some translations come from an automated system and may contain errors.

Country of origin
The Netherlands - Holland

Kind of object
Coffee tin - tea tin - shop tin - storage tin - tin - product packaging

Theme
Van Nelle Koffie en Thee - Van Nelle Coffee and Tea

Decoration
Wide borders in yellow and red

Category
Vintage tins

Color
Yellow - red - black - white

Publisher
Van Nelle Rotterdam

Manufacturer
Wed. J. van Nelle

Designer
Jac. Jongert (Wormer 1883 - Reeuwijk 1942

Brand
Van Nelle

Material
Tin - metal - paint

Particularities
Large Shop tin - Counter tin

Era
1933 - 1955

Quality
Vintage with traces of use, wear and tear

Height
37,50 cm

Lenght
41,50 cm

Width
28,00 cm

Shipping method
Parcel post with track & trace

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