Félix Potin opened his first shop at 28 rue Coquenard in Paris in 1844, at the age of just 24. … In 1860, he opened the first two-level, large-area retailer on the Boulevard de Sébastopol in Paris. The following year he constructed a Félix Potin factory in La Villette, in the northern outskirts of Paris. This pot depicts the image of this factory. These pots are highly collectible. It has a chip on the underside but this does not detract from the beauty of the pot. It is definitely a keepsake…