Comme Grand-Père Print, 11" x 14" porcelain absinthe dish Absinthe spoons like this one

Absinthe spoons like this one are exact reproductions of the oldest of all Absinthe spoon designs

This colored rim was used to tell the waiter how much to charge the customer by reading the different saucer colors when stacked

This was a form of advertisement in 19th-century and early 20th-century France

the sugar water begins to stream into the glass of absinthe

Comme Grand-Père Print, 11" x 14" porcelain absinthe dish Absinthe spoons like this oneThis print was taken from a series of postcards (circa 1905) entitled "Comme Grand Pre" (like grandfather). It shows a little boy sitting in front of a half drunk glass of absinthe with a pipe in his mouth.