1910 Hand Carved Bear Advertising Chocolate Shop Los Angeles Display antique

Description

1910 Hand Carved Bear Advertising Chocolate Shop Los Angeles Display antique.
Circa 1910
Excellent condition, bear missing one ear.
Rare early piece of advertising from an iconic chocolatier in Los Angeles.
Functional hand carved box from California redwood.
From my research, the chocolatier, Chocolate Shop Chocolates opened in 1910, where Mr. Quinby was a head.
The quinbys later bought out the company in 1919, and changed the name to Quinby’s chocolate shop.
This piece has the original name of the shop!
Measures:
19” long
7” wide
11” tall