Vintage 19th Century French Bistro Match Striker Serving Dish with Wood Base gleaming butter cups

gleaming butter cups

an adjustable birdie dial for browning control

this charcoal acrylic handled cheese slicer particularly suitable for cutting hard cheeses

and a newspaper

Vintage 19th Century French Bistro Match Striker Serving Dish with Wood Base gleaming butter cupsThis 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