DESIGNED BY JACOB JONGERT, 1920S, FOR VAN NELLE, ROTTERDAM, MANUFACTURED BY WED. J. BEKKERS & ZOON, DORDRECHT

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a metal tobacco-box with hinged cover
Designed by Jacob Jongert, 1920s, for Van Nelle, Rotterdam, manufactured by Wed. J. Bekkers & Zoon, Dordrecht
Of rectangular form, the gilt ground decorated in red, blue, black and white with a geometrical composition and inscribed Van Nelle's Tabak 15 Kwaliteit, together with two cigaret-rollers
11 x 8cm.
Marked at the inside Wed. J. Bekkers & Zoon, Dordrecht (Holland) (3)

Lot Essay

A Van Nelle enamelled advertising sign with a similar design in the Collection of the Museum Boymans- van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Cf. Industry & Design in The Netherlands 1850/1950, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1986, p. 150 & 151 for an explanation of Jongert's designs for Van Nelle

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