Paul Ricard water carafe

As if the drink itself weren’t sufficiently an icon of 20th century France, Paul Ricard pastis was served with a delectably angular water carafe

AS THE 1960S began to swing, Britain was clawing its way out of the gloom of post-war austerity and many were for the first time discovering the joys of ‘the Continent’. French Nouvelle Vague cinema was in the ascendant and whetting the appetite for the sophisticated lifestyle of our near-neighbours. When smoking was still cool and cars had not yet become ‘super’, Gauloises and Deux Chevaux were chic, and nothing caught the flavour, quite literally, of Frenchness more than a glass of the nation’s favourite tipple: Ricard pastis. An essential part of the pastis-imbibing ritual was the Ricard water carafe, sharply chamfered and asymmetrical with a chimney-like neck, as if designed by a 1920s modernist architect. The lure of its vibrant red, blue and yellow Riviera hues turned otherwise law-abiding tourists…

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Octane (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2015

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