Vintage tin for KING extra strong peppermint, 1920

Vintage tin for KING extra strong peppermint, 1920.

• Producer: Bekkers & zoon, Wed.J. (Dordrecht)
• Manufacturing date: 1920

Rectangular green drum for peppermint, with inscription: King peppermint, under medical supervision, medicine and treat at the same time, King extra strong

Description
Old vintage tin with a rectangular shape and fitted with a hinged lid. This concerns a hanging hinge with loose lips. On the inside of the lid is the text "Close canister". There is a round button on the front of this tin box.

The decoration of this tin consists of blue surfaces with edges of dark blue, yellow and red. Furthermore, the tin has different lettering in blue, yellow and gold. The tin has two flags on the short side. Text: KING peppermint medicine and delicacy at the same time. Legally deposited; extra strong peppermint. Only really with this brand. Under constant control of H.H. Dr, van Hamel Roos & Harmens Amsterdam.

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

Size

• Height: 17.8 cm.
• Length: 25.2 cm.
• Width: 18.2 cm.

KING peppermint is traditionally produced in the Tonnemafabriek in Sneek. The brand has been owned by candy multinational Cloetta since 2012, which then merged with Leaf International, which was originally Dutch.

In 1902 the sugar confectionery company Tonnema was founded in Sneek. That made peppermint for various buyers in different qualities and flavors. In the 1920s they abandoned that design and opted for a strict brand and quality policy. In 1922 its own brand was registered: KING, the king of the peppermint. KING stood for Quality In Nothing Matched. Peppermint was no longer sold separately, from 1927 onwards, the rolls became "complicated" by hand in the early years.

Tonnema, like other producers, called his peppermint "extra strong". From the 1930s on, that designation was no longer used, although the taste remained the same. In 1993 a real "extra strong" was added to the usual flavor; this was called "a combination of strength and goodness" by the manufacturer.

Initially, peppermint was popular as a medicinal remedy for ticklish cough or dry mouth. KING peppermint was advertised as "uplifting and invigorating as a beneficial medicine". The quality was checked by the "Laboratory for Chemical and Microscopic Research: Dr. Paul François van Hamel Roos; Advisers for Chemical and Hygienic Affairs of the House of H.M. de Koningin". Doctor Van Hamel Roos, pharmacist and analyst in Amsterdam, checked the quality several times a year. He lived on the Keizersgracht and had also established his chemical laboratory there. Later, the government took over this type of inspection with the TNO. Due to a legal ban, the designation "medicinal" disappeared from the packaging. What remained is the face of Dr. Van Hamel-Roos, which is still on every roll of KING peppermint.

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