An alembic copper still, nowadays commonly used for decoration either at restaurants or rustic houses.
Lisbon had, in the Past, many market halls, where everybody used to buy fresh fruit, vegetables, fish or meat. Nowadays, most of them have lost their original characteristics. They have been renovated and converted into exhibition halls or places for workshops. The photos below show (from left to right) the main entrance and the central area of one of them, nowadays occupied by The Culinary Arts Centre.
The building, one of the first structures in Portugal that uses iron and glass, two materials that had become common in Europe in the latter half of the 19th century, was inaugurated in 1877. The Centre organizes now and then exhibitions of different themes. It was the case of 'The Spirit of Liquors - Art and Tradition', which I visited some weeks ago.
Different shapes of vintage liquor bottles
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| On the left - a bullfighter shaped liquor bottle On the right - a Portuguese bull herder - they do it on horseback |
VINTAGE LABELS |
| Best liquor for your health |
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| Apricot Liquor |
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| Kiss me |
With or without liquors, with or without kisses....
Have a wonderful weekend!
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Awesome post Belita. Love your first photo. I would love to have one like it. Love the figurines and labels too.
ReplyDeleteHope you have agreat weekend too.
Thanks, Shayna. Good to see you back on here...
DeleteThe copper still is beautiful. My parents had several liquor bottles in the shapes like you have. I like the little Santa elf bottle. I have stopped here several times to comment and have always been interrupted so I am happy to wish you a warm and wonderful weekend.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Benni, for your efforts. I have also had difficulty to reply to comments. Something must be wrong...
DeleteHow very interesting about the liquor bottles!! Something I would love to collect, but I would guess that the vintage ones would be very expensive to buy!!
ReplyDeleteI nearly forgot to say.....have a wonderful weekend :-))
DeletePortugal has a long tradition of making liquors... Monks at the monasteries had plenty of free time to 'invent' liquors, such as 'Ginjinha', made from a fermented acid cherry-like berry called Ginja ( a few months ago I posted about it). The berries are fermented in brandy that is a little bitter but also sweet and sticky. Ginjinha recipe was invented by the Benedictine monks who lived in a small town called Alcobaca, which is located in what we call 'the orchard of Portugal'. If you go to a flea market in Portugal, you always see some interesting vintage liquor bottles but I have no idea how expensive or not they are. Thanks for your visit, Mitch!
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