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Vins au quinquina - St. Raphaël

Abel Lepitre
Auvergne gentiane
Bandeira Port
Bartissol
Bénédictine
Berger
Cognac Bisquit
Bonal
Bourin
Brouette
Byrrh
Caballero
Calisay
Campari
Camus
Canard-Duchêne
Carrousel
Chartreuse
Cinzano
Clacquesin
Clairette de Die
Cointreau
Côte de Buxy
Courvoisier
Cutty Sark
Dubonnet
Espina dorada
Fernet Branca
Gaston de la Grange
Anisette Gras
Hennessy
Izarra
Kornbrand
Lilet
M. Maillart
Mailly
Mandarin
Mansard-Baillet
Martell
Martini
Cordial Médoc
Mercier
Michaud
Mistral wine
Monéger
Négrita Rhum
Noilly Prat
Old Oxford
Oro de Oaxaca
Rioja Palacio
Péjouan
Pernod
Picon
Pikina
Pradel wine
Préfontaines
Vins Rouvière
Rum St Esprit
St-Raphaël
Strega
Suze
Sandeman
Vabé
Vat 69
Vieille Cure

near Lourdes (France); v.1998
Angos (Tarbes; France); vii.1998

Arras (France); v.1999; pict. A. Guët
detail with waiters
 
o (?) RAPHAËL - quinquina

A remarkable wall with several layers.
I did accentuate what I think belongs to the Raphaël layer. I can't find any 'St'; 'o' seems to be the replacement.

The brand's waiters are present. The arm and the bottle of the right person are just emerging from behind the white eyesore.

The picon part of the wall.

Riec s Belon (France); vii.1999;
pict. A. Guët
near St Malo (France); xi.1999;
pict. A. Guët
Very nice wall with the waiters and the good old statement St-Raphaël - quinquina.

Traces of some experimenting with the type face, though.

Two walls of the same house.
Both sides say St-Raphaël - quinquina and en vente ici (you can buy it here) but the right-side wall shows two layers: one with the brand in small print above the waiters big in the center of the wall and the second one with brand name in kingsize writing with the waiters on top.

Varades (Loire Atlantique, N23, France),
v.2000; pict. M. Chartier
Compare this drawing with the Angos mural earlier on this page.
The waiters lost their elegance. Observe how the base line of the text is curved. It is a typical Vichy trick.
St Serain-sur-Rance (Aveyron, France),
viii.2000; pict. M. Chartier
La Chaume Blanche (D940, France),
vi.2003; pict. M. Chartier
Notice the difference with all our other finds: the waiters are kept apart by the drink's name.

 

And then came the time to change the typeface

Lons le Saunier (RN78, France),
v.1999; pict. M. Duhamel
 
 
It was in 1952 when it, after 12 years, became possible again to advertise for apéritifs. Saint Raphaël ruled the walls with a new face. Everything was different.

They changed the type face from the easy roman to an almost unrecognizable italic. The waiters are reduced to less than the minimum; you can barely recognize a white bottle. The base-line goes up and the composition is disturbed by the black triangles. Disgusting.

Paris, rue des Poissoniers (75018 France), i.1999; pict. M. Guët

Find an overview of the entire wall on our cookies page.

We have also a Chocolat Menier wall maltreated in the same way by the same brand.

Laval -> Chateau Gontier (N162, France), ix.2000; pict. M. Chartier
Rennes (France),
vi.2004; pict. Ph. Rigault

 

Isaux (France), v.1999;
spotted by A. Anselin
St. Raphaël - apéritif
Clehars - Carnoet (France), vii.1999;
pict. A. Guët
St. Raphaël - apéritif
overruling an earlier LILET painting.
 
 

 

Villeneuve sur Lot (France),
viii.1999; pict. A. Guët
 
 
St. Raphaël – apéritif

On top of a Picon advert.

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