When I was a litte boy, my parents took me on holiday to Belgium. There I found a three edged bottle that held my own lastname: Rynbende. It was the beginning of my search wanting to find everything there is to know about the company that one of my ancestors founded, and preserving all this information for our future, sharing it with you.
History (old)
Simon Rynbende was an enterprising young man, who, at the age of 16, founded a distillery at Schiedam.
KLM Miniatures (old)
KLM Miniatures were issued to businessclass passengers on KLM flights. But also read more about special houses, like the Frans Hals museum.
Farmhouses (old)
Besides KLM houses, there was a set of six typical Dutch Farmhouses.
Delft (old)
Delft Blue miniatures, windmills, figurines, jugs etc.
Gouda (old)
Gouda pottery, jugs
Glass animals (old)
A lot of bottles were issued as hand blown glass animals.
Copier Bottles (old)
A.D. Copier was a famous Dutch glass designer who designed the three edged bottle for Rynbende.
Stoneware (old)
All kinds of stoneware bottles from the Rynbende company.
Miniature bottles (old)
The miniature bottles are collected by collectors all over the world.
4 Compartment bottles (old)
Imagine how they were able to fit four different kinds of liquor in just one bottle.
Other bottles (old)
And more bottles.
Enamel signs (old)
Advertisement signs in enamel.
Playingcards
I have been able to trace quite a few decks, but am still searching from some.
Ashtrays
A drink comes with a smoke.
Glass (old)
From shotglass to even longdrink glasses.
Advertisement (old)
Advertising.
Ceramic Animals (old)
Animals as bottles, containing liquor.
Paperwork (old)
Miniature bottles were collected by many people. But, who collects paperwork? Most of it was thrown away.
Labels
Seeing hundreds of labels, I will be busy collecting for a while.
Blijmoedig Maandblad
As from 1928 Rynbende had it's own magazine.
Postcards
Before we had e-mail, we used to send greetings by postal services.
Other (old)
And more... much more...
Photoalbum Rheden
Last but not least, a page which has nothing to do with the Rynbende company. It's another hobby of mine, taking pictures at events in my hometown Rheden.
Mind, this chapter is in Dutch...
