Vintage 19th Century French Bistro Match Striker Style:Five a piece of culinary history

a piece of culinary history now equally suited to display as to sparking the imagination of living

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this 19th century fox-shaped cleaver was made when form and function were rendered with equal artistry

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Vintage 19th Century French Bistro Match Striker Style:Five a piece of culinary historyThis Belle poque France ceramic match striker once rested on the zinc countertops of Parisian cafs where absinthe flowed and conversation lingered. Its deep navy glaze, softened by time, frames white lettering that advertised the green fairy and her favored distillers, including the storied houses of Samson and Gaillard. It is an object made for ritual and reflection, a small but essential part of the theatre of daily life in the era of Toulouse