Vintage tin for Pickwick tea from Douwe Egberts with an image of a carriage or carriage with horses and inn

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Vintage tin for Pickwick tea from Douwe Egberts with an image of a carriage or carriage with horses and inn

• Manufacturer: Douwe Egberts
• Manufacture date: 1970 - 1980

Description
Rectangular green tea tin with a loose double-walled insert lid. The decoration of this tin consists of a green background with orange details. On both the long sides and on the lid images of a stagecoach, horses and an inn.

Two ovals on the short sides, one of which is green with the name Douwe Egberts. The other is orange and is named Pickwick Tea.

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

Size

• Height: 9 cm.
• Length: 18 cm.
• Width: 10.5 cm.

Douwe Egberts
In 1753 Egbert Douwes and his wife Akke Thijsses open their grocery store in colonial wares "De Witte Os". In this way, they lay the foundation for the Douwe Egberts and Pickwick brands on Midstraat in Joure. Coffee, tea and tobacco are the main products.

Pickwick
In 1937 Douwe Egberts Pickwick introduces tea. An English name was sought, because at that time tea still had a very "English" feel and an English stagecoach was depicted on the wooden boxes. The wife of the then director was very fond of Dickens's works. After reading the Pickwick Papers, she suggested the name Pickwick.

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