A vintage yellow Suze apéritif jug for sale
This is a bright yellow, earthenware water jug, branded for the French apéritif brand Suze. It's a nice-looking jug and unusual in that the brand name is in raised, embossed, black lettering, rather than the usual transfer.
Promotional water jugs have long been made for placement in cafés and restaurants. Jugs branded for Suze are rarer and harder to find than other French brands such as Ricard.
The Suze liqueur is flavoured with gentian root, which is believed to aid digestion. It's a strong bitter flavour, that takes some getting used to. We're not quite there yet, but any jug embossed with "Suze" makes a good gift for any Sue, Susan, Suzanne, Susie, or of course, Suze you might know.
Maker's mark for Faïence Moulin des Loups
This was made by Faïence Moulin des Loups, from Orchies in Northern France. The impressed and printed maker's marks on the base read:
- An impressed windmill, with "M" "D" and "L" between the sails.
- An impressed "Made In France"
- A printed MDL Tru. 28 09 in blue ink, which possibly identifies the form and colour
What is the condition of this vintage Suze apéritif jug?
- Second-hand
- In fair to condition
- It has 4 noticeable manufacturing faults
- Above the lettering on one side, is a vertical score ,under the glaze and hard to see, which extends up to the rim and is visible on the inside as a faint hairline crack in the glaze
- On the handle is a raised patch where the glaze has not taken or has been missed off
- On the rim towards the spout is a smaller rough patch without glaze
- There is a pinhole on the inside of the handle at the top
- The black lettering is really crisp
Measurements of a Suze apéritif jug?
- 13.5cm high (5.5 inches)
- 21 cm from spout to handle (about 8 inches)
- 480 grams
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