Vintage Pickwick Spoon Tin with Red Fabric Lining – Douwe Egberts Promotional Premium – 1954

✅ Short Description

Charming vintage Douwe Egberts / Pickwick spoon tin, issued in 1954 as an exclusive customer loyalty premium. Beautifully decorated and featuring a hinged lid with an elegant red fabric-lined interior, this attractive tin was originally intended for storing teaspoons. Today, it is a highly sought-after collectible for enthusiasts of Pickwick, Douwe Egberts, and nostalgic Dutch advertising memorabilia.

📋 Quick Product Details

• ​Brand: Douwe Egberts / Pickwick
• ​Type: Spoon tin / promotional premium tin
• ​Year of manufacture: 1954
• ​Material: Tinplate with fabric-lined interior
• ​Colours: Cream, gold and red
• ​Country of origin: The Netherlands

🛠 About This Item

This elongated oval tin features a hinged overlapping lid with a distinctive scalloped edge. The sides are beautifully decorated with charming Dutch scenes, including sailing boats, fishermen, and picturesque waterside landscapes. The lid depicts a traditional Dutch town with windmills, church towers, a drawbridge, and sailing boats, all framed by an elegant gold-coloured border.

Inside, the tin is finished with a rich red fabric lining and a decorative brown-and-white printed insert, giving it an unexpectedly luxurious appearance. Originally, this special tin could only be obtained by collecting trading stamps with the purchase of Pickwick tea, making it a desirable promotional premium during the 1950s.

🏭 Manufacturer & History

Founded in 1753 in Joure, Douwe Egberts is one of the Netherlands' most iconic coffee and tea brands. The Pickwick tea brand was introduced in 1937, taking its name from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens. During the 1950s, Pickwick offered a range of beautifully designed promotional collectibles through its loyalty programme, including this elegant spoon tin. Today, these tins are cherished by collectors as nostalgic reminders of Dutch tea and coffee culture.

⭐ Highlights

• ​Original Pickwick promotional premium tin from 1954
• ​Hinged lid with distinctive scalloped edge
• ​Original red fabric-lined interior
• ​Beautifully detailed Dutch countryside and waterside illustrations
• ​Decorative and highly collectible piece of vintage Dutch advertising memorabilia

Condition
• ​Good vintage condition with normal signs of use and light age-related wear, entirely consistent with an original example that is more than seventy years old.

Dimensions
• ​Height: 4.8 cm (1.9 in)
• ​Length: 16.5 cm (6.5 in)
• ​Width: 6.5 cm (2.6 in)

📦 Shipping: Dispatched within 1–2 business days as a tracked parcel. Carefully packaged to prevent damage.

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