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Set of two vintage tin tins for Zaanse Koeken by Albert Heijn

SKU: BT-3343-21

Set of two vintage tin tins for Zaanse Koeken by Albert Heijn.

  • Manufacturer: Zaanlandia, Albert Heijn
  • Manufacturing date: 1920 - 1970

Description
A few beautiful tins for Zaanse Koeken by Albert Heijn consisting of a brown and a lilac tin with gold-rimmed Zaanse spots. The tins are both equipped with a loose lid with a rolled edge. The tins have a longitudinal seam and the bottom is seamed as well. The lids have no seams. Text on the lids: Echte Zaanse Koeken / Albert Heijn Koeken. Only one of the two tins is marked on the bottom.

Seamed: a metalworking technique in which two thin parts of metal are joined together by folding and pressing.

The decoration of both tins consists of three images in a gold-coloured frame of a Zaanse spot. These concern; the Zaanse Schans, the Huisman mustard mill and the Albert Heijn shop in 1887.

The Zaanse Schans is a historic Zaanse neighbourhood founded in 1963 in the municipality of Zaanstad with national monumental wooden buildings and industrial windmills from the Zaan region that were relocated there. Over time, it has been supplemented with various cultural-historical museums, craft shops and restaurants. It is located in the Kalverpolder, a protected peat meadow landscape on the Zaan, opposite the village of Zaandijk. This architectural reserve for Zaanse timber construction is a protected village view due to its architectural historical and landscape value. It developed into an international tourist destination with several million visitors every year

Condition
This set of two Albert Heijn tins is in a neat vintage condition with normal traces of use and age-related traces of wear. Pictures are part of the description.

Dimensions

  • Height: 14.6 cm.
  • Diameter: 8.9 cm.

Albert Heijn (supermarket)
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 first products under their own brand were sold from 1910. The basis for their own production companies was laid in 1911, also in Zaandam, where roasting coffee and baking cake were started in the kitchen of an old mansion. Factories for rusk, liquorice, coffee, tea, wine and other products appeared along the Zaan. In 1920 the Company for the Exploitation of Factories and Trade was founded. Anton Jurgens of Anton Jurgens' Margarinefabrieken N.V., one of Unilever's predecessors, bought half of the ordinary share capital (which he sold again in 1927 after a disagreement with Mr Heijn). In the same year, son-in-law Johan Hille and sons Jan and Gerrit Heijn took over the management.

Seven years later, in 1927, the store chain celebrated its 40th anniversary. The company now had 107 branches and was awarded the title of Royal Warrant Holder. Anton Jurgens was bought out.

Albert Heijn senior died in 1945 at the age of 80. Three years later, the company went public.

In 1952 Albert Heijn opened its first self-service shop in Schiedam. This is in imitation of Gebroeders van Woerkom, who on November 26, 1946 was the first in the Netherlands to open a self-service shop in Nijmegen, based on an American example.

The current Albert Heijn logo has existed since 1965 and is a design by James Pilditch and John Harris of trademark agency AID. Before that, the concern had a logo in the 1920s in which the A and H were intertwined. At the end of the 1930s, the letters stood side by side with the slogan "for quality" below. After Albert Heijn was appointed purveyor to the court, the coat of arms belonging to this title appeared in the logo of the supermarket chain from the 1950s. From 1966, the Pilditch logo is used, the blue intertwined A and H.

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


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Country of origin
The Netherlands - Holland

Kind of object
Cookie tins - biscuit tins - tins

Theme
Albert Heijn - Zaanse Schans - Zaanse koeken - product packaging - advertising

Decoration
Zaanse Schans - mustard mill de Huisman - Albert Heijn shop in 1887

Category
Vintage tins

Color
Lilac - brown - green - gold - multi-colored

Publisher
Albert Heijn

Manufacturer
Zaanlandia blik

Brand
Albert Heijn

Material
Tin - metal - paint

Particularities
Images Zaanse Schans - loose lids

Era
1920 - 1970

Quality
Good vintage condition

Height
14,60 cm

Diameter
8,90 cm

Shipping method
Parcel post with track & trace

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