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Absinthe Bistrot Matchstrikers
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Absinthe Pyrogenes Bell Pyrogenes
Porcelain matchstrikers, known as "Pyrogene" after one of the major manufacturers, were a feature of
every bistrot table. Many carried advertising for the leading absinthe marques. The striking surface was
usually porcelain, occasionally a wooden insert.

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The brass plate
underneath reads:
ANCNE MON F. MOREAU
A.DUVAL SUCR
PARIS
24, FAUBG DU TEMPLE
Extremely rare "emaux de Longwy"
pyrogene made for Absinthe Mugnier.
An unusual rectangular
Absinthe Junod pyrogene.
Distillerie H. Bazinet Absinthe National
tricolor pyrogenes.
La Parisienne la meilleures des Absinthes.
Absinthe Maurice Robbe Pontarlier
Demandez Partout une Robbe blanche/ une Robbe verte
Dornier-Tuller Extrait d'Absinthe
Fleurier & Pontarlier
Absinthe Superiéure Premier Fils
Absinthe Vichet
Absinthe Non Oxygénée Veillesse Naturelle
A.Junod, Pontarlier
Spanish version: Ajenjo Berger
Found recently in Buenos Aires, it
seems to have been made for the
Argentinean market.
Absinthe la Française
Javalier & Sarazin, Dijon
Absinthe Berger
Maisons à Couvet Suisse
Marseille, Buenos-Aires
An early Royer Hutin pyrogene
Absinthe Augte Dutruc
Absinthe Dutruc, Le Grand Lemps, Isère
H. Deniset Jeune, Pontarlier
Absinthe Pyrogenes Bell Pyrogenes
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