Original wooden box and vintage Felix Potin chocolates

Wooden transport box for Félix Potin Paris chocolates. Rare on the market: you will find many Menier or Poulain Chocolate boxes, but almost never “Félix Potin Paris Chocolates” boxes (rather enameled plates, toys, games, etc.). A rarity which explains why it is not sold off, hence its price. History of this fund. It was between 1850 and 1859 that Jean-Louis-Félix Potin began to make the chocolate sold in his grocery stores himself. In 1861, its first factory was inaugurated in La Villette, in the North-East of Paris, which included a chocolate and jam factory, confectionery, biscuit factory, etc. Then, from 1870, with the acquisition of warehouses, a service home delivery (with 650 horses) will be organized. It is in boxes like this that the chocolate manufactured in the Félix Potin factories will then be delivered. At the turn of the 20th century, Maison Félix Potin was one of the largest and most renowned in France for the manufacture of chocolate. The La Villette factory was operating at full capacity, producing 6 to 7 tonnes of chocolate per day! Which was then available in health chocolate (1Frc20 per kg), fine quality chocolate (1Frc40 per kg) and superior vanilla chocolate (1Frc50 per kg). Features of the crate. This wooden box measuring h.23 against the development of fungi and wood-eating insects. Very beautiful exterior patina, smooth and shiny, raw inside. This box will constitute a very beautiful vintage, country or industrial type decorative object, for your interior or to enhance the decor of a restaurant, a business, lodges or guest rooms... The box will be sent in colissimo mode with bulky package option and in a protected and very reinforced package.

Ref. : 58P87F8T