French Candy Box From 1800, 1800s
Milano, Italy
£311 per item
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Item details
Height
3.6 cm
Width
12.0 cm
Depth
12.0 cm
Diameter
12.0 cm
Wear conditions
Good
Wear conditions
Excellent
Shows little to no signs of wear and tear.
Good
May show slight traces of use in keeping with age. Most vintage and antique items fit into this condition.
Average
Likely to show signs of some light scratching and ageing but still remains in a fair condition.
Apparent Wear and Tear
Visible signs of previous use including scratches, chips or stains.
Please refer to condition report, images or make a seller enquiry for additional information.
Description
French candy box from the early 19th century with the decoration on the lid of a gallant scene composed of a lady and a knight wearing eighteenth-century clothes in a rural landscape. The round lid decoration is set in an octagonal frame. The box is entirely made of cardboard and has the particularity of its octagonal shape with printed and golden cardboard ribbons on the edges. The decoration is fixé sous verre or a watercolor print fixed under glass. Internally it is lined with silver paper. France 1800.
They are precious packages to contain sugared almonds that were sold for gifts or special occasions, characteristic for their decorations under glass which trace the change in style and taste of an era. Their diffusion went hand in hand with the growth and desire to assert themselves on the markets of confectionery companies, which were clearly expanding at the time. It is curious to note how much attention is paid to what we now commonly call packaging has always had a consistent use in confectionery manufacturing, essentially focusing on the preciousness of the container even before the contents. Hence the use of decorations, gilding, curled silks, printed milk in imitation of precious chests. Some national names to give substance to the phenomenon: in Turin, the kingdom of chocolate, Caffaril Prochet was born in 1826 , Leone in 1878 . Lazzaroni & Figli was founded in Saronno in 1888 . SAIWA (Società Accomandita Industria Wafer Affini) was founded in Genoa in 1900 and so the confectionery industry spread and proliferated throughout the country and in Europe.
Confectionery products were sold in bulk but soon high-end products were created for events and celebrations; in this segment are the Boite à Dragées (confetti boxes) that we present in this collection, in which the fixié sous verre decorations concern gallant or rural scenes. Made of cardboard, their edges are decorated with a printed and gilded paper ribbon with Greek or foliage motifs; the interior can be divided into compartments. They are all produced in France between the end of the 1700s and the first decades of the 1800s.
Condition report:
In good condition
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