Tin can for coffee with an image of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard on the occasion of their engagement in 1937

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Tin can for coffee with an image of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard on the occasion of their engagement in 1937

• Manufacturer: Bekkers & Son, Wed. J. (Dordrecht)
• Manufacture date: 1937

Coffee canister with relief and image of the princely couple

Description
Round tin can with a loose lid. Both the can and the lid have a rolled edge. The decoration of the tin consists of a gold-coloured background with relief of short and long vertical stripes, and oval, long, beaded frames with portraits of Juliana and Bernhard. Colour: orange and black. Text on the edge of the lid: "Coffee".

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

Dimensions

• Height: 18 cm.
• Diameter: 11.5 cm.

Juliana of the Netherlands
Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld was Queen of the Netherlands from September 4, 1948 to April 30, 1980. The investiture took place on September 6, 1948. Juliana was married to Prince Bernhard van Lippe-Biesterfeld, with whom she had four daughters, and was the only child of the marriage of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands to Prince Hendrik of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Bernhard van Lippe-Biesterfeld
Bernhard Leopold Frederik Everhard Julius Coert Karel Godfried Pieter, Prince of the Netherlands, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld, born Bernhard Friedrich Eberhard Leopold Julius Kurt Carl Gottfried Peter Graf von Biesterfeld (Jena, 29 June 1911 – Utrecht, 1 December 2004), was the Prince Consort of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands.

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