Traditional Absinthe Sugar Dish

Traditional Absinthe Sugar DishThis is a reproduction of an antique absinthe sugar dish. Small dishes like this typically sit on a caf bar or table and hold small pieces of sugar used in preparing an alcoholic drink, most often absinthe. Although other drinks used sugar, it was overwhelming absinthe where sugar was most used. By some accounts, it was frowned upon not to use sugar during the Belle Epoque in preparing the traditional French or Swiss method. The sizes of the dishes

Made of a nickel plating over brass

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Bonnecaze quickly took steps to fill the void

absinthe fountains were not commonly found

solid cast-iron base

The original antique spoon design is highly sought after

Brass band has been tarnished to give an antiqued appearance

The cast of characters that litter absinthe's history ranges from Oscar Wilde

the preparer no longer had to hold the ice-water-filled carafe and slowly pour the water onto the sugar

which represents hospitality and friendship

The lid is removable to add ice water into the glass bowl

but in the pre-ban days (before 1915)