Liquor Label, French, NGSF Brugge, Brandewijn Eau-De-Vie Maison J. Desmet-Maertens- Red, Vintage

The best bars have stories on their walls. This one's been waiting decades to tell its.

• Brand: NGSF Brugge / Maison J. Desmet-Maertens, Bruges, Belgium
• Spirit: Brandewijn Eau-De-Vie (brandy)
• Type: Spirits bottle label — chromolithograph, red version
• Made in: Belgium
• Dated: circa 1930s–1950s
• Dimensions: 5.5" wide x 3.5" tall
• Condition: New Old Stock (NOS) — unused, excellent mint condition. Please review all photos carefully — we cannot accept returns.
• Framing: Fits a standard small frame — ready to display. Pairs with blue version (U144).

This is an original Belgian spirits bottle label — a circa 1930s–1950s chromolithograph for Brandewijn Eau-De-Vie, NGSF Brugge, Maison J. Desmet-Maertens of Bruges, Belgium. It has never been used, never wrapped a bottle, and is New Old Stock in excellent mint condition.

Frame it as European bar decor, as Belgian heritage art, or alongside its blue companion label (U144, also available) for a coordinated two-piece display. At 5.5 by 3.5 inches it suits a small standard frame beautifully. A wonderful gift for a Francophile, a Belgian heritage enthusiast, a brandy lover, a vintage European label collector, or anyone building a bar wall with genuine international character.

The label is Old World in the best sense. A medieval tower rises from the composition, surrounded by wheat — the imagery of Bruges itself, one of the most beautifully preserved medieval cities in Europe, rendered on a brandy label in warm red and gold. The text runs in French and Flemish as Bruges does, straddling two languages with the ease of a city that has always belonged to both. Brandewijn is the Dutch word for brandy, literally "burnt wine" — and Eau-De-Vie its French equivalent. Maison J. Desmet-Maertens was a Bruges distillery operating across the mid-twentieth century.

Browse our shop for more original vintage European spirits labels, including its blue companion.