Vintage tin by Douwe Egberts for Pickwick with stagecoach in medallion

Vintage tin by Douwe Egberts for Pickwick with stagecoach in medallion.

• Manufacturer: Nederlands Vereenigde blikfabriek
• Manufacturing date: 1950/1960

Description
Rectangular tin with loose fitting lid. The decoration consists of a gold-colored background with a stripe decoration in black lines. On top of the lid in relief an oval medallion with an image of a stagecoach.

This tin box can be used for storing tea bags but can also come in handy as use for storing tea spoons.

Condition
This tin is in a vintage vintage condition with various traces of use and age-related traces of wear.

Dimensions

• Height: 5 cm.
• Length: 18.2 cm.
• Width: 7.8 cm.

Douwe Egberts (or DE) is a Dutch company that processes and trades coffee, tea and other foodstuffs. The company was founded in 1753. In 1978, after a number of steps, the company was completely owned by the American company Sara Lee. In mid-2012, the company became independent and DE goes public as D.E. Master Blenders 1753 NV. After an offer for all shares, the company will be fully owned by a German investor at the end of 2013.

Pickwick is a tea brand from Douwe Egberts. The brand dates from 1937, before that the company sold unbranded tea for the first time in 1753 from a shop in the Midstraat in Joure.

The name Pickwick is inspired by the title of book The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens. The wife of the then director had taken note of this book and suggested the real English sounding name 'Pickwick'.

Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub (bush) native to East Asia. After water, it is the most widely consumed drink in the world. There are many different types of tea; some, like Darjeeling and Chinese greens, have a cooling, slightly bitter, and astringent flavour, while others have vastly different profiles that include sweet, nutty, floral or grassy notes. Tea has a stimulating effect in humans primarily due to its caffeine content.

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