LARGE green antique ABSINTHE liquor bottle PERNOD FILS Start Price USD 49.99 Current Price USD 49.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, October 06, 2008 End Time Wednesday, November 05, 2008 Location Main Sreet - Libby Montana See more about 'LARGE green antique ABSINTHE liquor bottle PERNOD FILS' Description A LARGE 12" tall + beautiful DEEP OLIVE GREEN colored cylinder antique liquor bottle that has an applied seal on the shoulder. Seal embossed: "* PERNOD / FILS *". Condition:  A crude, clean bottle that has just a few areas of light wear, and a tiny peck in base.  Otherwise NO cracks, chips, dings, damage, etc.  A very nice example!  Age:  An early hand-blown bottle (Blown-In-Mold = BIM) with a sheared lip and applied (laid-on) ring, ca. early 1900's. The seal on the shoulder is APPLIED not molded or embossed, which is a characteristic of good early bottles. Shipping:  Buyer pays $9.01 S/H (Very HEAVY thick glass) ~ more if international ~ We ship every Wednesday. So if you pay with PayPal by Tuesday evening, we will ship your item Wednesday. Payments received later than that will have to wait until the following Wednesday to ship, though we can possibly make exceptions. Regardless, your prompt payment will assure a very quick turn-around time. In researching this bottle we find that it contained Absinthe, and Pernod Fils was the most popular brand of absinthe prior to 1915, the year absinthe was banned throughout most of Europe.  Like most absinthe, Pernod Fils was produced by macerating the herbs wormwood, fennel, melissa and anise in high-proof grape spirit in a copper alembic where they were then distilled, to produce a transparent liquor. Part of the distillate was then steeped with more green-colored herbs, such as hyssop and petite wormwood, to produce a green colored liquor that was then filtered and mixed with the main part. This was mostly to impart additional flavour and aroma to the absinthe, but also had the additional benefit of enhancing its visual appeal. The final product was roughly 68% alcohol. The predominant flavor in Pernod Fils, like all absinthe, was anise, which has a pronounced liquorice taste. After mental-health issues started to arise by Absinthe users, manufacturers began producing variations of it and promoting it as a healthful tonic, in an attempt to combat the attacks on absinthe during the early twentieth century.  What is most unusual is that this bottle was unearthed in an early day Montana mining camp.  Anyway, scarce bottle to find with a most interesting history, a nice example with nice bubbles in the glass and good clean condition, check it out! Terms of Sale: Our goal is 100% customer satisfaction. We put our 30+ years of experience in antiques to use in describing every item we list. Items are sold in a store front format and your ‘buy it now’ purchase is a binding contract. Please ask questions and completely read the item description before purchasing. We have found that communication is the key to successful transactions. Returns: See details at bottom of the page. Insurance: Insurance is mandatory for sales that are $100 or over, and optional for sales under $100. If you elect to forego insurance and do not receive your item within two weeks of posted ‘payment received’ date, let us know and we will confirm shipment date and, if needed, provide a copy of the postal receipt as proof of shipping. But beyond this, we have no way of tracking an uninsured item through the US Postal Service once it has been shipped, so you will have to take it up with your Post Office. We will not refund uninsured shipments nor will we engage in endless email correspondence on the matter. We package very carefully and always use the USPS for delivery. Please check our feedback comments to confirm our careful-packaging history. International Shipping: We have enjoyed shipping antique bottles all over the world and are happy to offer our bottles to international buyers. We will only put the actual sale price as the declared value on the custom forms. Our auctions state that shipping is ‘more if international’,please feel free to contact us before buying, for an international shipping estimate. We will require insurance on international purchases over $100 which means the package must be shipped Global Priority at a higher shipping cost. If international buyer requests, we can insure lesser valued items, but be prepared, this usually comes at a very high cost. Thank you! Place a Bid!