Vintage 19th Century French Bistro Match Striker Style:Four Save the bees

Save the bees

Four Gien dessert plates

A collectible birch wood calendula flower artisan crafted and hand painted

Arriving nestled inside a beautifully illustrated storybook box

Vintage 19th Century French Bistro Match Striker Style:Four Save the beesThis 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