Oval tin box with an image of a soldier on the lid made by KWATTA chocolate

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Oval tin box with an image of a soldier on the lid made by KWATTA chocolate

• Manufacturer: d'Aumerie, Oswald / Verblifa
• Date of manufacture: 1940 / 1970

Oval tin with loose lid, “Kwatta, ovalettes”, brown, yellow and gold

Description
Oval tin with a loose convex lid and a slightly recessed bottom. The tin has a rolled edge on the box and support front. No seams. The decoration of the tin consists of a gold-colored background with colored edges on the lid with curl decoration and relief lines. In the center is a colored soldier in relief and framed with a pearl border. Gold colored interior. Text at the bottom: Kwatta Breda Holland.

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

Dimensions

• Height: 4.3 cm.
• Length: 15.7 cm.
• Width: 10.0 cm.

Kwatta has been a fully Belgian brand name for chocolate products since 1972. It was previously a Belgian-Dutch brand of chocolate, produced in Breda and Bois-d'Haine (since 1913), with chocolate coming from a Surinamese cocoa plantation of the same name. The Kwatta company was founded in 1883 by P. de Bondt and Jozef Gustaaf van Emden.

The history of Kwatta has its origin in Suriname. There the Dutchman Gustaaf van Emden owned a cocoa plantation near Paramaribo in the mid-nineteenth century, which was called Kwatta.

The expression "All eyes are on Kwatta", is from the past and not so much in vogue (anymore). It comes from this chocolate brand. The expression means that everyone draws their attention to a specific point or subject. In North Brabant and Gelderland, the word kwatta is still used, especially by the elderly, when referring to chocolate, for example to ask "Motte ge un stukkie kwatta?" Chocolate sprinkles were also called quat strussel.

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