Rectangular vintage tin box with a winter scene for anise cubes by De Ruijter

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Rectangular vintage tin box with a winter scene for anise cubes by De Ruijter

• Manufacturer: Koninklijke De Ruijter
• Manufacture date: 1970 - 1980

Description
Rectangular tin box with a winter scene of children in the snow for anise cubes by De Ruijter.

Colourful tin in the primary shades of blue, yellow and white. On the sides of this tin are various nostalgic winter scenes. Sledging, throwing snowballs and learning to skate with a chair. A nice container and in good condition. Still excellent to use for storing anise cubes ... although nowadays they are called anise sticks ...

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

Size

• Height: 5 cm.
• Length: 13 cm.
• Width: 9 cm.

Anijsmelk is a Dutch drink consisting of hot milk flavoured with anise seed and sweetened with sugar. One traditional use takes place during ice skating. Anijsmelk is also said to have a soporific effect. The drink (which, outside the Netherlands, is consumed by expats in, for instance, Michigan and South Africa) can be made from scratch, but it is more common to use tablets called anijsblokjes, made with anise flavouring and sugar; the tablets are dissolved in hot milk. Anijsblokjes are made by the company De Ruijter and have been produced since at least the 19th century. However, the machine that was used to make these aniseed and sugar blocks broke down and due to the age of the machine was irreparable. Since then, the product is sold in powder sachets.

Koninklijke De Ruijter is a producer of typical Dutch spreads, such as chocolate sprinkles, fruit hail, mice (muisjes), chocolate flakes, anise hail and mashed mice (gestampte muisjes).

De Ruijter's slogan is: "De Ruijter, the breadmaker since 1860," the year in which the company was founded by C.R. (Cees) de Ruijter.

De Ruijter's foundation was laid in 1860 in the front house of a former farm on Brinkstraat in Baarn. There, 24-year-old Cornelis Rutgerus De Ruijter started a pastry shop.

C.R. de Ruijter opens a pastry shop in 1860 in the Brinkstraat in Baarn and starts the production and sale of birth mice. De Ruijter's foundation was laid in 1860 in the front house of a former farm on Brinkstraat in Baarn. There, 24-year-old Cornelis Rutgerus De Ruijter started a pastry shop, after he had learned the trade from a prominent Utrecht pastry chef.

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