Large brocante shop counter tin by Douwe Egberts for coffee and tea

Large brocante shop counter tin by Douwe Egberts for coffee and tea.

• Manufacturer: Bekkers & Son, Wed. J. (Dordrecht)
• Manufacturing date: 1910 - 1940

Description
Large Douwe Egberts shop counter tin in the colours red, black and gold. Logo using the abbreviation D.E. Also, the remark "since 1753" and on the bottom bar on the front capital letters "COFFEE - TEA".

This large storage container is rectangular and has a hinged lid with a handle to pull it open. The hinges are hanging hinges with loose lips. This storage tin is manufactured by Wed. J. Bekkers & Son in Dordrecht for Douwe Egberts coffee and tea factories.

The decoration of this tin consists of the ground colour black with the red D.E. logo in which the abbreviation D.E. and the full name Douwe Egberts in black in the middle of a rosette. In gold on all sides "since 1753". Furthermore, the decoration consists of details consisting of bars and lines in red, gold and cream.

On the inside of the lid the text: this drum is only intended for the safekeeping of D.E. coffee and tea.

The inside of this drum is still in excellent condition without any rust.

Condition
This beautiful large shopping drum by Douwe Egberts is in a beautiful vintage condition with traces of use and age-related traces of wear. Pictures are part of the description.

Size

• Height: 33 cm.
• Length: 48 cm.
• Width: 35 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 meltering 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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