Absinthe Pichets II - Grès
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Three stoneware pitchers water pitchers for use with the absinthe ritual.
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A similar zoomorphic pitcher, in brown
glazed earthenware.
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A "Grès d'Alsace" water pitcher in the shape of
a bulldog, made for Absinthe Delizy et Doistau.
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The famous "Messieurs c'est l'heure" Swiss
anti-prohibition pitcher. It shows the clock at
ten to midnight (on 7th October 1910, the
date absinthe was banned in Switzerland).
There are many modern reproductions of
these jugs.
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Another finely detailed Grès d'Alsace water pitcher in the shape of a
bulldog.
