A "JEROBOAM" OF MARIE BRIZARD,
PREVIOUSLY FROM THE CELLAR OF MAURICE CHEVALIER
Lying at Christie's
Marie Brizard Anisette Superfine
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Marie Brizard Anisette Superfine
Impressive tall-sided bottle, known to be sndiderably largfer than a standard double-magnum, but fractionally smaller than a jeroboam. Excellent general appearance. Label damaged in one corner, capsule cut. Level mid/upper-shoulder. Back label refers to "Vente aux enchères: cave de Maurice Chevalier", with a picture of the entertainer
Provenance This bottle featured in the sale held in Versailles on December 17th 1989, comprising the wines, liqueurs and spirits of the great Maurice Chevalier. In the catalogue, under lot 227, it merited only the simple entry " one dbe-mag, Marie Brizard Vieille". It has been held ever since by the present owner
Note: Marie Brizard is by the far the most famous aniseed based liqueur. Marie Brizard herself (born 1714), a resident of Bordeaux, is reputed to have been entrusted with the secret by a West Indian traveller. Together with her nephew, Jean-Baptiste Roger, she started commercial production in the mid-eighteenth century, and they are generally accepted the founder of the French liqueur industry. The firm is still a family-owned concer, based in Bordeaux.Extremely rare, possibly unique
1 "jeroboam" per lot
Impressive tall-sided bottle, known to be sndiderably largfer than a standard double-magnum, but fractionally smaller than a jeroboam. Excellent general appearance. Label damaged in one corner, capsule cut. Level mid/upper-shoulder. Back label refers to "Vente aux enchères: cave de Maurice Chevalier", with a picture of the entertainer
Provenance This bottle featured in the sale held in Versailles on December 17th 1989, comprising the wines, liqueurs and spirits of the great Maurice Chevalier. In the catalogue, under lot 227, it merited only the simple entry " one dbe-mag, Marie Brizard Vieille". It has been held ever since by the present owner
Note: Marie Brizard is by the far the most famous aniseed based liqueur. Marie Brizard herself (born 1714), a resident of Bordeaux, is reputed to have been entrusted with the secret by a West Indian traveller. Together with her nephew, Jean-Baptiste Roger, she started commercial production in the mid-eighteenth century, and they are generally accepted the founder of the French liqueur industry. The firm is still a family-owned concer, based in Bordeaux.Extremely rare, possibly unique
1 "jeroboam" per lot
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