Antique Kwatta Cocoa Tin – Delft Blue Dutch Scenes – 1900–1925

✅ Short description

A remarkable early Kwatta cocoa tin, originally made to hold 1 kilogram of cocoa and decorated with four different scenes designed in the style of Delft Blue tile panels. This tall rectangular tin features traditional Dutch landscapes, costumes and scenes and dates from the first quarter of the 20th century.

📋 Quick product details

• Brand: Kwatta
• Tin manufacturer: Vereenigde Blikfabrieken, Amsterdam
• Date: approx. 1900–1925
• Original contents: 1 kg of cocoa
• Material: tinplate
• Lid: hinged overlapping lid

Dimensions: 23 × 12 × 9 cm (H × L × W)

Condition: original antique condition with signs of age and use, including wear and discolouration. The interior also shows clear signs of age. Please see the photos for a good impression of the condition.

🛠 About the cocoa tin

Each of the four sides is designed as a decorative tile panel featuring a different traditional Dutch scene:

• Coastal landscape with harbour, figures and buildings
• Boat with figures and cattle along the riverbank
• Boy in traditional Dutch costume with Kwatta cocoa
• Girl in traditional Dutch costume with a Kwatta product

The lid depicts a helmsman at a ship's wheel, surrounded by small Dutch scenes. The tin features inscriptions in several languages, including “Kwatta’s Olanda Cacao”, “Kwatta’s Dutch Cocoa” and markings indicating its original 1-kilogram contents.

🏭 Kwatta & history

Kwatta was founded in 1883 by P. de Bondt and J.G. van Emden. The company name refers to the Kwatta cocoa plantation in Suriname, which was connected to the Van Emden family. Breda later developed into an important production centre for the brand.

The Kwatta name became so familiar that “kwatta” was even used regionally as a general term for chocolate.

✨ Special features

• Early 20th-century Kwatta cocoa packaging tin
• Four different Dutch Delft Blue-style tile panels
• Multilingual printing intended for international markets
• Original hinged lid
• Decorative and highly interesting to collectors of antique advertising, cocoa and chocolate tins

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