Royer Hutin Absinthe Pyrogene #2

Ceramic Royer-Hutin match striker.

circa 1910

Absinthe Royer-Hutin (or Royer-Hutin) was an absinthe brand produced by a liquorist from Dijon (Côte-d’Or), active before the 1915 ban.

What we know

The Royer-Hutin house produced absinthe as well as other spirits and liqueurs. Like many provincial liquorists during the Belle Époque, it widely distributed promotional items, notably match strikers (earthenware match holders) that still bear its name today.

One of these match strikers is actually illustrated on the French Wikipedia page dedicated to absinthe, with the caption “Promotional match striker for Absinthe Royer-Hutin, before 1915.”

Later history

After the Second World War, the company was acquired (along with other Dijon liquorists, including Frédéric Mugnier) by Jean Laroche, who consolidated the activities within the L’Héritier-Guyot house (a specialist, notably, in Dijon crème de cassis).

As with most absinthe brands of the time, production ceased with the 1915 ban and was not relaunched under this name.

It is therefore a typical regional Dijon brand from the golden age of absinthe, known today primarily through the surviving promotional items.