Cylindrical vintage Verkade rusk tin or rusk tin with front pages of the magazine Libelle, anniversary edition

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Cylindrical vintage Verkade rusk tin or rusk tin with front pages of the magazine Libelle, anniversary edition

• Manufacturer: Verkade, Libelle
• Manufacture date: 1984 - 1985

Old rusk tin from Verkade for the Jubilee of the magazine Libelle.

Description
Cylindrical vintage Verkade rusk tin with old front pages of the magazine Libelle from the 50s and 60s. This tin is an anniversary edition. Executed with a loose lid with the logo of Libelle. The bottom of the bus also shows the Libelle logo together with the Verkade logo.

This is a nice collector's item for those who like special cans, drums and cans. A very special rusk tin that Libelle had specially designed in honor of the 50th anniversary and on which the most beautiful Libelle covers from the first 50 years can be seen.

A unique tin in which your rusk stays wonderfully fresh. This Libelle rusk tin is certainly worth a special place in your kitchen.

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

Size

• Height: 22.5 cm.
• Diameter: 11 cm.

Verkade rusk
A roll of rusk contains thirteen pieces. That is a remarkable number. The reason for this is the fact that crates with a capacity of one hundred pieces were used for individual sales. When they switched to roll packaging, Verkade wanted to keep the old crates, and exactly eight rolls of thirteen rusks each were placed in them. The competition then chose the same number.

In the 1960s there was a tight labor market, and it was difficult for companies to get staff. When an employee of the rusk factory resigned at Verkade, they naturally did their best to keep this man. Why do you want to leave? he was asked. His answer was that his stomach couldn't handle the amount of food. What turned out? His colleagues had convinced him that, for the sake of the Verkade maintains quality principle, he had to inspect every hundredth rusk by eating it. The management quickly relieved him of this duty and the man remained satisfied with his employment.

Libelle (Dutch weekly)
Libelle is a Dutch-language women's magazine that was first printed on 13 April 1934 by NV Uitgeverij. It appears in the Netherlands and is published by DPG Media Magazines.

There is also a Flemish version of Libelle, which is published by Roularta. The Flemish Libelle is completely autonomous and completely different from the Dutch version.

The name comes from the Latin "libellus", meaning "booklet" or "writing" (diminutive of "liber" (book). In Middle Dutch a "dragonfly" or "libelle" meant a "small writing", "pamphlet ".

Until the 1950s and 1960s, Libelle was mainly oriented towards clothing, recipes and serials. In the 1970s it developed into a more versatile women's magazine. It offers household, psychological and social information and stories.

A well-known employee of the magazine was Miep Racké-Noordijk (Scheherazade) with her Libelle cocktail. There is also a well-known comic in the magazine Jan, Jans and the children of Jan Kruis.

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