1917 Tall, Mounted Relief Carving of Man in Suit in Profile oaxacan Plenty of bubbles in the

Plenty of bubbles in the bottle glass

" adopted by the company in 1883 after a painting by the Swiss artist Jean-Étienne Liotard called Das_Schokoladenm

and this Janus faced piece is literally double-sided

There is a split on the interior of the lid that shows inside the box

and incised patterns at their centers

1917 Tall, Mounted Relief Carving of Man in Suit in Profile oaxacan Plenty of bubbles in theI might guess there was one a second carving of this man's wife facing in the opposite direction that hung beside it, together forming almost a full circle, but I don't know that for sure perhaps she was anticipated but never arrived! In any case, what a charmer he is, looking handsome and focused in his jacket and tie, and with one large ear open as if just waiting to hear what we have to say! When I first saw him I immediately associated the black