Antique French Chocolate Box, Silk on Silk Embroidery, Marquise de Sevigne, PARIS, Chocolatier Confectioner's Casket
I'm working and waiting for delivery of Z Chocolates from France - my favorite for years, and France's top chocolatier for 2022. It seems appropriate I should write of the history of French confectioneurs and chocolatiers goes back as far as 1700s when cocoa and sugar were new and extremely pricey imports - held only for Royals and Nobility or very rich. Early bonbon presentation boxes (some pictured in one of the group photos) were hand made works of art, glass and paper and card, foil, sometimes original little paintings on top or under glass - small. Legacy of excellent carried fine names in chocolate making and confection creation are as honored in French history's through centuries. And their presentation boxes remain highly collectable and more and more rare. Boissier is one of the finest names of 19th century, and still produces fine confections. We've had Boissier chocolates presentation boxes that have brought upward of $5000, and we've sold to the Boissier Museum in Paris, as