Tin coffee canister by Douwe Egberts with nostalgic images and matching cup

Tin coffee canister by Douwe Egberts with nostalgic images and matching cup.

• Manufacturer: Douwe Egberts - D.E.
• Manufacture date: after 2000

Description
Rectangular tin for coffee made by Douwe Egberts with old Dutch scenes, making coffee, serving, pouring and drinking. Supplied with separate double-walled insert lid. Decoration consists of a multicoloured background with nostalgic images.

Text on the lid:

• De koffie wordt in deze bus bewaard - The coffee is kept in this canister.

Texts on the sides of the tin:

• De  koffie wordt gezet - The coffee is being made
• De koffie wordt geserveerd - The coffee is served
• De koffie wordt ingeschonken - The coffee is poured
• De koffie word gedronken - The coffee is drunk

Text on the coffee cup:

• De koffie wordt geserveerd - The coffee is served

On the back of the cup is a small rhyme:

• A cup of coffee from D.E. Satisfies every husband

Condition
This coffee tin and coffee cup set is in good vintage condition with normal traces of use and age-related traces of wear. Photos are part of description.

Size

Tin

• Height: 17.5 cm.
• Length: 11.5cm.
• Width: 9.0 cm.

Cup

• Height: 7.5 cm.
• Diameter: 7 cm.

Douwe Egberts (or D.E.) is a Dutch company that processes and trades coffee, tea and other foodstuffs. The company was founded in 1753.

Douwe Egberts was created when Egbert Douwes and his wife Akke Thysses moved from his native village Idskenhuizen to nearby Joure to start a "shop in colonial goods" there on 11 March 1753. Douwes and his wife sold items that 'belong to the pleasures of everyday life', including groceries, chocolate and dried fruits.

In 1780 the company was transferred to son Douwe Egberts (1755-1806) - whose name the company still bears - and his wife Ymke Jacobs Visser. D.E. was engaged in the processing and blending of coffee, tea and tobacco.

Under the leadership of son Douwe Egberts, the company expanded beyond the city limits of Joure. This not only made him the name giver, but also the founder of the company's expansion. After Egberts' death in 1806, the company was continued by his second wife Lysbeth Mintjes.

Douwe Egberts is responsible for planting the Haulster forests.

After the Second World War, the company began its international expansion by opening branches in France, Spain and Denmark, and from 1948 also in Belgium.

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