Packing Box Of The King Of Debauve And Gallais Chocolates

Sulpice DEBAUVE (1757-1836), a former pharmacist to Louis XVI, founded a chocolate company in 1800 “near rue St Guillaume, ci in front of rue St Dominique n ° 4”; Before having been the Emperor's supplier, the he company supplies queen Marie Antoinette with sweets, fond of her "pistoles", the only remedy for the unpleasant taste of the medicines she had to take. At the restaurant, PERCIER and FONTAINE "the inventors of the art empire" set up the chocolate maker and his nephew, Jean-Baptiste GALLAIS (1787-1838), 30 rue des Saints Pères, where you can still admire the superb windows that have become “historical monuments”; Boasted by BRILLAT SAVARIN, the chocolate of kings makes the company the queen of chocolate factories and with the slogan "UTILE DULCI" it continues its influence in France and in the world, adding the tea trade. Wooden box painted "chocolate color" clearly stamped and remained intact (except the small hooks of the hinges replaced by two leathers). A newspaper from 1881 has remained tucked away at the bottom ... Touching packaging whose survival is a sweet miracle!