{"product_id":"three-vintage-french-bistro-porcelain-saucers-5","title":"Three Vintage French Bistro Porcelain Saucers 5\"","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBefore digital tills and printed receipts, the French café ran on a beautifully simple system. The moment you ordered, a waiter set a small porcelain saucer before you — its price printed right on the face in crisp black type. As the afternoon wore on, the saucers stacked up into a neat ceramic tally. When it came time to settle, the numbers told the whole story.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis set of three vintage French bistro saucers — *coupelles à monnaie*, or *ramasse-monnaie* — comes from Patricia and Walter Wells's collection and captures that system in miniature. Each is a small, shallow disc of white porcelain, lightly glazed, with a raised ring at the centre that once cradled a coffee cup. The prices are printed in crisp black type: 2f50, 3f, and 4f — a range that covered everything from a simple *café* to a glass of wine or an apéritif. What makes the trio particularly appealing is the variation in rim decoration: one carries a terracotta-orange band, another a deep burgundy, the third a fresh sage green, each applied in short dashes around the edge. Made by different manufacturers — likely Limoges or Pillivuyt — they were customised to each establishment's needs, which accounts for the pleasing differences in colour and type style across the three.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eGrouped on a kitchen shelf, arranged on a windowsill, or used as ring dishes or salt cellars, they bring a graphic, unpretentious charm to any interior — a direct line back to the zinc counters and marble tables of the French café.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition and wear consistent with age and use.\u003cbr\u003eEach measures approx. 5\" diameter x 0¾\" \u003cbr\u003eEach measures approx. 13cm diameter x 2cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chez Pluie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54310871794002,"sku":"25517","price":442.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1166\/6698\/files\/DSC02414_1cc9e098-ad7a-4c8c-9e17-dbaf1758351a.jpg?v=1787164228","url":"https:\/\/www.chezpluie.com\/products\/three-vintage-french-bistro-porcelain-saucers-5","provider":"Chez Pluie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}