it is also a useful authentication indicator: it confirms this is a period American printing rather than a later reproduction
the way the ink sits on period paper stock โ these are physical facts that a scan cannot convey and a reprint cannot reproduce
because it is genuinely lovely
then ringed by a vivid red border that gives the piece its visual snap from across a room
which is why its lithography reads as crisply as it does today
Antique Liqueur St. Benoit 1920s Bottle Neck Label ๐
Orange Heraldic Crest DW Shield Ephemera retro_beach_pin_up it is also a usefulAntique French Liqueur Neck Label St. Benoit, Pre AOC Bordeaux Right Bank, 1920s This is an antique French bottle neck label for Liqueur St. Benoit, produced in the 1920s and associated with the Chateau Saint Benoit family estate of the Bordeaux Right Bank the region that encompasses Montagne, Puisseguin, and the greater Saint Emilion satellite communes of Gironde, France. The label predates the formal Montagne Saint Emilion AOC designation, which was