Vintage Verkade Tin with Sunflowers – Orange Gingham Biscuit Canister (Zaandam, 1950–1970)

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🍪 Vintage Verkade Tea & Biscuit Tin – Orange Gingham with Sunflowers (1950–1970)

✅ Short Description

• Vintage cylindrical tin by Verkade (Zaandam), featuring an orange gingham pattern and sunflower design.

• Comes with a removable domed lid and embossed maker’s mark on the base.

📋 Quick Product Details

• Brand / Manufacturer: Verkade, Zaandam

• Period: 1950–1970

• Material: Tin

• Dimensions: Height 17 cm × Diameter 7.5 cm

• Colour: Orange base with yellow checkered pattern and sunflowers

• Condition: Good vintage condition with light signs of age and use (see photos)

🛠 About the Product / Function
Cylindrical tin with a removable, slightly domed lid. Rolled edges on the top and bottom, and a folded vertical seam at the back. Perfect as a decorative kitchen item, storage container or collectible.

🏭 Manufacturer & History
Verkade is a historic Dutch family company, founded in 1886, known for rusk, biscuits, chocolate and later tea lights. The factory in Zaandam played a key role in the rise of the Zaan region’s food industry.

⭐ Special Features / Highlights

• Orange background with yellow gingham pattern

• Five vertical rows of sunflowers with green leaves

• Domed lid featuring three sunflowers

• Embossed on the base: “Verkade Biskovite Zaandam”

• Charming collectible, characteristic of mid-20th-century Dutch packaging design

📦 Shipping: Sent as a parcel with track & trace, carefully packaged to prevent damage.

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