Brocante Douwe Egberts value point box / Waardenpuntendoosje

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Brocante Douwe Egberts value point box / Waardenpuntendoosje

• Manufacturer: Douwe Egberts BV Joure
• Manufacture date: 1989

Description
Brocante value point box by Douwe Egberts with black/red/gold coloured art deco motif. On the front of this tin is a coffee pourer surrounded by the text: Douwe Egbert Waardepuntendoosje. On the lid the D.E. logo and point box. Sides D.E. Anno 1753. This small tin is a reissue of the large drum from the 1930s.

A nice asset for the collector of vintage tins or Douwe Egberts in particular.

Condition
This Douwe Egberts value box is in a vintage condition with traces of use and age-related traces of wear. Photos are part of the description.

Dimensions

• Height: approx. 8 cm.
• Depth: approx. 8 cm.
• Width: approx. 12 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 blending 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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