An antique polychrome lithographed tin advertising box for Café Julien Damoy, an iconic Parisian company specializing in high-quality coffee for export. The Art Nouveau design features richly ornamented cartouches with scrolls, pearls, and stylized plant motifs on an orange background, with elegant, hierarchical typography. One side displays the "Café Julien Damoy Export" brand name alongside a scene of a steaming cup, while the other sides bear multilingual explanatory texts intended for the international market, highlighting the product's global reach. The address "31, boulevard de Sébastopol, Paris" allows for precise dating to the Belle Époque. A cohesive and highly decorative piece, typical of high-end French coffee tins from the turn of the 20th century.
✦ Origin: France - Julien Damoy, Paris ✦ Estimated period: Circa 1900 ✦ Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 14 cm ✦ Material: Lithographed sheet metal ✦ Condition: Signs of wear, rubbing, pitting and loss of lithography, edges, lid present and functional
French advertising box from the Belle Époque, ideal for a collection of antique coffee tins, grocery store decoration or an Art Nouveau inspired interior.
