Thursday, July 5, 2012

Absinthe Plates



So I got started collecting these plates by accident. I was at a flea market and got a stack of them for a dollar.  I knew they were something relating to french. I found out more and found a couple here and there- yes, in Chicago.  I don't really know much about them except the price in the middle is what the customer was to pay for a serving of absinthe.  I like the way they look "spilled" across my kitchen wall. Martha Stewart had them in her magazine a couple of years back, one of her "people" collected them- referred to them also as "tip plates' . I really can't find too much info about them and why some are quite valuable.  I have seen reproductions at P.O.S.H here in Chicago.

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