Dutch Tins

Sample tin

Droste’s cocoa – 2 oz, Haarlem Holland 1925

8,3 cm. tall ; original lid

Made for US market only

Includes cocoa bag, sticker & description

Excellent condition – Z: 2

€ 195,-

King peppermint shop tin

 Numans blikfabr. Amsterdam,  Holland 1924 

10 inches wide –  25 cm. ; hinged lid

First flight with Fokker 7 airplane from Amsterdam to Batavia (the later Jakarta Indonisia)

Top of tin: Departure from Schiphol airport 1924 (Amsterdam)

Large sides: Arrival at Batavia (Java)

Small sides: Departure (after motor problems) from Saladinovo (near Philippopel, Bulgaria)

Near mint condition – Z: 1-2 ; very rare

€ 750,-

Van Melle toffee’s

  Candy shop tin, Breskens Holland 1930 

Diagonal: 11 inches –  27,5 cm. ; hinged lid

Very good condition – Z: 2 – 3 

€ 95,-

Bensdorp cacao tin

  Holland 1920 

5 inches tall – 12 cm. – 250 grams

Near mint condition – Z: 1-2 ; 

€ 145,-

Sponge tin

  Holland 1920 ; 2.5 inches tall – 6 cm.

Man & woman wearing traditional costums on the coast; ships in the background 

Near mint condition – Z: 1-2 ; 

€ 95,-

Cacao tin

A. Francken & Co – Holland 1900

4.5 inches wide – 11 cm.

Pictures with animals in acrobatic circus scenes

Excellent condition – Z: 2 ; very rare

€ 175,-

Czaar Peter – cottage

Verkade figural embossed biscuit tin – Holland 1910

9 inches wide – 22,5 cm.

Russian Czaar Peter the Great ( A. Romanov ) stayed incognito in 1697 one week in this house to study the dutch shipbuilding industry. Even Napoleon visited this ‘Czaar Peter’ house.

Near mint condition – Z: 1-2

€ 395,-

Sample tin

Droste’s cocoa – Haarlem Holland 1914

4,7 cm. tall ; original lid

Extremely rare

Excellent condition – Z: 2

€ 250,-

Langues de Chats

Droste chocolate tin, Holland ca 1925

7 inches wide – 18 cm. ; lift off lid

Near mint condition

€ 95,-

Haagsche hopjes

Van Haaren Nieuwkerk, Holland ca. 1910

Candy tin – 4.75 inches wide ; 12 cm. – hinged lid

Pictures with a boy & girl standing in front of a candy store

Excellent condition – Z: 2

€ 65,-

Tin

Biscuit tin – Holland 1920s

8 inches wide- 20 cm. ; hinged lid

Street scenes of arab life with camel, mule etc.

Excellent condition – Z: 2

€ 95,-

L. Meuwese Arnhemsche balletjes

Candy tin – Holland 1920s

4 inches tall – 10 cm. ; hinged lid

Excellent+ condition – Z: 2+

€ 65,-

Sample tin

Droste’s cocoa – Holland 1920

2 inches tall – 5 cm. ; original lid

Made for export only ( US market )

Near mint condition – Z: 1-2

€ 95,-

Sample tin

Droste’s cocoa – Holland 1950

2 inches tall – 5 cm. ; original lid

Made for export only ( US market )

Near mint condition – Z: 1-2

€ 95,-

De Zaan cacao tin

Verblifa – made in Holland ca 1920

Erzgebirge animals with people & houses

3.75 inches wide – 9,5 cm 

Excellent condition – Z: 2 

€ 95,-

Chocolate tin Wouters Freres

Figural form in the shape of a botanical tin 

Verwer – made in Holland ca 1900

16 inches wide – 40 cm ; leather handle

Excellent condition – Z: 2 ;  rare

€ 195,-

van Melle’s Toffees

Candy tin – Wed. J. Bekkers & Zoon Dordrecht – Holland 1920s 

Shop tin for toffee / caramel candy ; 11.5 inches tall – 29 cm.

Excellent condition – Z: 2

€ 145,-

Kwatta Cacoa

N.V. Numan’s Blikfabr. Amsterdam – Holland 1920’s 

Netto 1 kg. – 8.75 inches tall – 22 cm.

Excellent condition – Z: 2

€ 65,-