Vintage 1890s Absinthe Superieure Bardot & Cie Match Striker Gifts highly collectible fish motif oyster

highly collectible fish motif oyster platter with  six oyster wells

Whether returned to service or placed within view

this white oyster plate with black transferware is a riff on the famous Strasbourg pattern

New Zealand

this MATCH Pewter Luciano Pitcher looks as if it jumped from a renaissance still life painting

Vintage 1890s Absinthe Superieure Bardot & Cie Match Striker Gifts highly collectible fish motif oysterA vivid remnant of late nineteenth century caf life, this 1890s match striker for Absinthe Suprieure Bardot & Cie carries both utility and presence. Its robins egg blue and white ground is enlivened with red lettering and finished with a fine gilt trim, a palette designed to catch the eye across a crowded bistro table. Created as a promotional object during the height of Absinthe culture, it would have been placed within easy reach, used throughout