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Any info on this Armagnac bottle? - 1/19/2004 1:00:24 PM    LMeyer   Posts: 1 Joined: 1/19/2004 Status: offline Does anyone have any information on this bottle? It is made of china/pottery & the head pulls off at the neck where it has an integrated cork. There are 2 labels attached to it. The first is rectangular & it says "Castagnon & Co. S.A., Nogaro (France)". It also has "Trade Mark" & a silhouette of another mounted knight. The second label is shield shaped with a swath across it saying "(missing word due to small tear) Armagnac control, Castagnon, Produce of France, V.S.O.P. 20 yeas old". This too has the knight trade mark. There is a maker's mark on the underside which appears to read "Terre D'Acier, Revol. Saint-Uze" & the number 56 has been stamped into the narrow unglazed ring which runs under the base. On one side near the base the words "Astagnon Nogaro France" are embossed the embossing on the other side is illegible. The bottle is 25cm high, 17cm long & 5.5cm wide. Thanks for looking. Attachment (1) < Message edited by LMeyer -- 1/19/2004 2:18:16 PM > Post #: 1

RE: Any info on this Armagnc bottle? - 1/19/2004 1:47:32 PM    Guest I do not know this particular bottle but it looks quite modern and made as a promotional item by 'Revol' for one of their many clients. Here is their website http://www.revol-porcelaine.fr/html/index.htm You could send them the photo and ask when it was produced but don't forget to write in French otherwise they may not respond. < Message edited by Roger -- 1/19/2004 1:51:52 PM > (in reply to LMeyer)   Post #: 2

RE: Any info on this Armagnc bottle? - 1/19/2004 2:22:47 PM    Harry Pristis   Posts: 495 Joined: 7/24/2003 From: Northcentral Florida Status: offline Hello, LMeyer . . . This appears to be a French armagnac bottle. Armagnac is a brandy (in this case a Very Superior Old Pale brandy aged in a cask for 20 years) made only in the Armagnac district. The French are fussy about their regional wine products, hence the "[approved by] Armagnac Control" on the label. In his book WINE AND SPIRITS, Alec Waugh says this: Only a small part of the brandy produced in France is entitled to the name of cognac. There are many other brandies, of course, even though they are not as well known. One other district in particular produces something that can approach cognac. The noble liquid, armagnac, comes from vineyards south of Bordeaux, in Gascony. The sandy soil of this region produces a different wine than does the Charente, and the preparation of armagnac is somewhat different from that of cognac.... From your description, it appears that this is a figural bottle representing Castagnon & Company's trademark knight. As Roger has pointed, out Revol is the bottle-maker. Revol calls their ceramic product "terre d'acier" which literally means "earth of steel" though a better translation might be "Ironstone." ----------------Harry Pristis _____________________________ ______________________________________________ Visit The Demijohn Page at: http://members.aol.com/pristis/index.html (in reply to LMeyer) Post #: 3

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