Stunning Vintage art nouveau absinthe Pernot clock.
Beautiful art nouveau design featuring vivid, colourful tones on a bar scene with the gentleman and lady having a drink. The couple have a selection of fancy evening wear, and the people are in exceptional detail with vibrant design. Stunning selection of fonts come in stand-out style, following on with the colourful finish.
Nice vintage condition with minimal signs of authentic patina.
Diam: 35cm
Height: 3cm
J. Édouard Pernot was a brand of absinthe, an anise-flavored liqueur. The brand was popular in the early 20th century, and was advertised with colorful posters by the artist Leonetto Cappiello.
Leonetto Cappiello (9 April 1875 – 2 February 1942) was an Italian and French poster art designer and painter, who mainly lived and worked in Paris.[1] He is now often called 'the father of modern advertising' because of his innovation in poster design. The early advertising poster was characterized by a painterly quality as evidenced by early poster artists Jules Chéret, Alfred Choubrac and Hugo D'Alesi. Cappiello, like other young artists, worked in a way that was almost the opposite of his predecessors. He was the first poster artist to use bold figures popping out of black backgrounds, a startling contrast to the posters early norm