Jubilee tin 25 years De Spar, for gingerbread or cake, from 1957 in a brocante condition

Jubilee tin 25 years De Spar, for gingerbread or cake, from 1957 in a vintage/brocante condition

• Manufacturer / client: De Spar
• Manufacture date: 1957 - 1957

Rectangular tin with hinged lid, 25 years De Spar, green, orange and silver

Description
Rectangular elongated vintage tin with rounded corners and convex, hinged lid. The decoration of this anniversary tin consists of a green background, with various images of orange and silver-coloured bees, suns and roosters with silver-coloured spruce and honeycombs on the entire tin. On the bottom two crossed flags with the logo De Spar and the text: 25 years. De Spar 1932 - 1957.

This tin has ventilation holes at the bottom and at the end sides.

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

Size

• Height: 9.5 cm.
• Length: 32 cm.
• Width: 10.5 cm.

De Spar is an international chain of supermarkets, founded in 1932 in Zegwaart by Adriaan van Well.

It is usually said that De Spar is an abbreviation of the motto "Door Eendrachtig Samenwerken Profiteren Allen Regelmatig". According to others, the name "De Spar" was chosen arbitrarily, because the founder Van Well had drawn a spruce tree (spar) on the notes of the founding meeting, or for some other reason, and in that case, the motto was invented by the name, a backronym.

When Spar stores were also opened in Germany, the word "De" was dropped. In some countries, including Italy, the name De Spar has continued to be used.

In German, the name Spar suggests another meaning: Save. Yet the chain uses the same logo with a green circled spruce tree (although such a tree is called 'Tanne' in German). The current logo was designed in 1968 by Raymond Loewy.

Some stores have a liquor store called Le Sapin. That is the French translation of De Spar (Spruce tree).

Some translations come from an automated system and may contain errors.