Catalogue no. BBG109

Celta Pils

Brewery: Brouwerij Meiresonne
Beer style: Pils
Glass style: Pilsner
Place: Ghent (Flanders)

Curator’s Notes

These two Celta Pils glasses come from Brouwerij Meiresonne, once one of Ghent's major breweries but now long since disappeared.

They are classic Pils glasses: tall and straight-sided, with a heavily ribbed lower section and a gold rim, now showing some deterioration. The front carries the striking Celta Pils emblem — a helmeted figure set against a red disc — with the Meiresonne name beneath. There are no other markings.

The pair rewards closer inspection. The glasses themselves are the same height, but the logo on one is printed approximately 2 mm higher than on the other. It is a tiny manufacturing inconsistency, but exactly the sort of imperfection that gives surviving everyday glassware some character.

I bought them for the improbable sum of 15 cents each. Despite their age, the glassware remains in remarkably good condition, even if the decoration shows its years.

I believe they may date from around the 1950s or 1960s, but have not been able to establish that securely. Meiresonne was once a substantial presence in Ghent before Artois acquired a majority stake in 1964 and brewing eventually ceased. Like the Excelsior glasses elsewhere in the collection, these are inexpensive survivors from a part of the city's brewing history that has largely vanished.

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