Vintage tin for tea bags from Pickwick tea by Douwe Egberts

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Vintage tin for tea bags from Pickwick tea by Douwe Egberts

• Manufacturer: Douwe Egberts
• Manufacture date: 1930 / 1970

Old white tin box with drawn scenes of travellers by stagecoach for PICKWICK TEA by Douwe Egberts

Description
This tin has a rectangular shape and a loose lid with a rolled edge. Manufactured with a seamed longitudinal seam and bottom. The side falls over the bottom. Decorated on all sides and lid. White background with multicoloured drawings showing a stagecoach and various people. Gold coloured interior. Text on the sign of the drawing on the lid: PICKWICK TEA

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

Dimensions

• Height: 5.3 cm.
• Length: 18 cm.
• Width: 7.5 cm.

Douwe Egberts (or DE) is a Dutch company that processes and trades coffee, tea and foods. The company was founded in 1753. In 1978, the company was completely taken over by the American company Sara Lee. In mid-2012 the company became independent and DE went to the stock market as D.E. Master Blenders 1753 NV. After a bid for all shares, the company was fully owned by a German investor at the end of 2013.

Pickwick is a tea brand from Douwe Egberts. The brand dates back to 1937 before the company sold unbranded tea for the first time in 1753 from a shop in the Midstraat in the Dutch city of Joure.

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

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