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Pyrogène (match-holder with built-in striker) in vintage porcelain from the Gensoline brand (gentian aperitif), a typical accessory for a French bistro or café from the early 1900s (production estimated between 1900 and 1920

• Cafés du Brésil pirogeno (in French pyrogène), a very common antique item from the late 19th to early 20th century in bars, cafés and tobacconists.
It was used to contain the matches (in the upper cylindrical part) and featured a rough surface, often ribbed or grooved (the circular base), which smokers used to rub and strike sulfur or friction matches.

Antique advertising items for tables or bistros

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Pyrogène (porta-fiammiferi con accendigomma) in porcelaine vintage della marca Gensoline (aperitivo alla genziana), un tipico accessorio da bistrot o caffè francese dei primi del Novecento (produzione stimata tra il 1900 e il 1920

• Cafés du Brésil pirogeno (in francese pyrogène), un oggetto d'epoca molto comune tra la fine del XIX e l'inizio del XX secolo nei bar, caffè e tabaccherie.
Serviva a contenere i fiammiferi (nella parte cilindrica superiore) e presentava una superficie ruvida, spesso zigrinata o scanalata (la base circolare), che i fumatori utilizzavano per sfregare e accendere i fiammiferi a zolfo o a frizione.

Oggetti pubblicitari d'epoca da tavola o da bistrot

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Gensoline  - Cafés du Brésil - 1900-1920 - Pyrogen - Sign - Earthenware

1930-1940 - Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes

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Gensoline – Cafés du Brésil, a 1 cm high by 1 cm wide terracotta Pyrogène from France, dating to 1930–1940, vintage and original, in good used condition with small signs of age and stains.

Gensoline - Cafés du Brésil - 1900-1920 - Pyrogen - Sign - Earthenware

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Gensoline – Cafés du Brésil, a 1 cm high by 1 cm wide terracotta Pyrogène from France, dating to 1930–1940, vintage and original, in good used condition with small signs of age and stains.

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