• BANANIA Advertising Tin - Rederie d’Amiens Find - 1930s/40s - Advertising Tin - The Vintage Tales
  • BANANIA Advertising Tin - Rederie d’Amiens Find - 1930s/40s - Advertising Tin - The Vintage Tales
  • BANANIA Advertising Tin - Rederie d’Amiens Find - 1930s/40s - Advertising Tin - The Vintage Tales
  • BANANIA Advertising Tin - Rederie d’Amiens Find - 1930s/40s - Advertising Tin - The Vintage Tales
  • BANANIA Advertising Tin - Rederie d’Amiens Find - 1930s/40s - Advertising Tin - The Vintage Tales
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The Vintage Tales

BANANIA Advertising Tin - Rederie d’Amiens Find - 1930s/40s

BANANIA Advertising Tin - Rederie d’Amiens Find - 1930s/40s

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A wonderfully timeworn Banania cocoa tin with that unmistakable blue-and-cream graphics. Sourced at the famed Rederie d’Amiens flea market in France, it’s a small piece of everyday advertising history with bags of character.

Banania is one of France’s most recognisable pantry brands, launched in 1912 and widely advertised throughout the inter-war and post-war decades. These tins sat in grocers' and family kitchens, promoting the brand’s sweet breakfast drink. This example carries the classic geometric border and early typography that collectors love.

  • Category: Advertising Tin / French grocery ephemera
  • Brand: Banania (cocoa drink)
  • Place of origin: France (found at the Rederie d’Amiens)
  • Material: Printed tinplate
  • Colour: Blue, cream, with aged patina
  • Lid: Present, fits; hinged lift-off style
  • Interior: Original segmented-free interior (unlined tin)
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From the late 19th to mid-20th century, lithographed tinplate was the star of shop counters.

Brands commissioned reusable tins for tea, cocoa, biscuits, coffee, tobacco, and remedies, supplying grocers, chemists, and tobacconists with eye-catching point-of-sale display.

Brilliant colour printing, crisp typography and period styling - Art Nouveau swirls, Deco geometry, later mid-century bolds -turned everyday containers into miniature billboards. Airtight lids kept contents fresh while the tins lived on in pantries, so the advertising lingered in homes for years.

Produced across Britain and Europe (notably France and Germany) as well as the USA, these sturdy survivors now carry gentle wear and patina that testify to honest use - exactly the authenticity collectors cherish.

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