Vintage gold-coloured rectangular standing sugar canister with Juliana and Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

Vintage gold-coloured rectangular standing sugar canister with Juliana and Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

• Manufacturer: Bekkers Dordrecht Holland
• Manufacture date: 1920 - 1940

Description
Rectangular gold-coloured sugar canister with rounded corners and a hinged slightly convex lid. The decoration of this tin consists of embossed decorations. On the front is a portrait in orange and white of Juliana and Wilhelmina sitting on a couch. Wilhelmina has a book in her hands. There is a crown on the lid and the other sides. The corners of the tin are decorated with wavy lines. SUGAR is written on the edge of the lid at the front.

Condition
This tin is in a vintage condition with traces of use and age-related traces of wear. The lid on top has lost its gold colour. Photos are part of the description.

Size

• Height: 18 cm.
• Length: 10.5 cm.
• Width: 10.5 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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