Antique Grey-Poupon mustard pot in white faience, with a beautiful, finely detailed black design. The coat of arms of Dijon, topped by a mural crown, is set in a cartouche surrounded by bunches of grapes, vine leaves, and tendrils. A banner ending in tassels bears the inscriptions “House founded in 1777” and “Dijon, London, Paris, Amsterdam,” among others, above the inscriptions DIJON and GREY-POUPON. Around the neck, a ribbon proclaims “Only gold medal - Paris 1889.” On the back, the words “Demand the capsule” appear above a large illustration of a capsule with a scalloped edge and guilloché background, bearing the words “Mustard - Dijon - Grey-Poupon”: an advertising detail designed to identify the product’s original closure. The base retains the crowned coat-of-arms stamp “Opaque de Sarreguemines.”
✦ Period: 1890–1896
✦ Provenance: Grey-Poupon company in Dijon - Sarreguemines factory
✦ Dimensions: approx. 11.5 × 7 cm
✦ Material: fine faience
✦ Condition: good overall condition, decoration well preserved. Small chip on the rim, crazing, and signs of use.
A late 19th-century Grey-Poupon advertising pot, whose capsule design will appeal to collectors of antique mustard pots and Sarreguemines faience.
