Siphon (2) Art Deco

Old siphons of the international liqueur brand CHARTREUSE in yellow. Enjoy the photographs to understand the beauty of these siphons; they feature green taps or heads from the brands Carbónicas Espumosos Galán Oleiros Cao Monforte de Lemos Lugo and Carbónicas Espumosos J. Feijoo Pontevedra, the most sought-after beauties with many years of age, in good condition for collectors and decoration. Water of seltz. They may have slight scratches or small glass flaws. CHARTREUSE: it is a French herbal liqueur, made by macerating certain herbs in a high-proof spirit. The liqueur is named in honor of the Carthusian monastery of Grande Chartreuse “la Gran Cartuja”; it takes the name from the Chartreuse massif in the Alps, the region of France where the monastery is located. History In 1605, the Duke of Estrée handed the Carthusian monks of Paris a strange manuscript with a formula called the “Élixir de Longue Vie” (Elixir of long life). After several unsuccessful attempts, the monastery’s herbologists considered the recipe too complex and abandoned it. But the recipe was rescued and a century and a half later the pharmacy of the Gran Cartuja, in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, began to produce the so-called “Élixir végétal” (Vegetal Elixir) and to market it in 1764. Distribution was limited to the nearby Grenoble and Chambéry, but its popularity grew. From the vegetal elixir, the Carthusians developed a digestive called “Liqueur de santé” (Health Liqueur). The French Revolution dispersed the monastic order in 1793 and the monks stopped distilling their liqueur. In 1816, they returned to the Gran Cartuja monastery and resumed their activity. From 1840 they produced the so-called Chartreuse jaune (yellow Chartreuse), milder than its predecessor, Chartreuse verte (green). In 1860 they built the monastery’s distillery. In 1903 the Carthusians were expelled from France. They took their secret and established a distillery in Tarragona (Spain) which became the center of liqueur production, called “Tarragona.” It was also produced in Marseille from 1921 to 1929, under the same name “Tarragona.”

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