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

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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