In a beautiful blue and black setting, the antique furniture offers ancient, ethnographic and natural history objects, scientific instruments, minerals, fossils, as well as quality reproductions. While keeping its Victorian atmosphere, CURIOSITAS remains a 21st century cabinet of curiosities by hosting works by contemporary artists.
At CURIOSITAS, the objects you buy have a story, a soul. Grégory is here to tell it to you.
NB: It is specified to buyers abroad that it is their responsibility to check that they can import natural specimens protected in their country.CURIOSITAS SAS will not be held responsible for the customs detention of specimens purchased on the www.curiositas.paris website, as well as for possible legal proceedings.
Bronze Dragon Hand Candle Holder – Troubadour Style from the Napoleon III Era
Bronze cellar rat, also known as a passageway candle holder or thumb candle holder.
Featuring a fire-breathing dragon motif.
19th century.
Sold without candle
Large brass candlestick - Candleholder
20th century
Height 42cm Weight: 1.65kg
L’Herbier des Demoiselles (1857) – A Comprehensive Treatise on Botany
L’Herbier des Demoiselles (1857) – Complete Treatise on Botany
At a time when botany was considered the ultimate art of living, this book taught young women, known as demoiselles, how to collect plants, classify flowers, and understand the mysteries of nature with a unique sensitivity.
Illustrated with numerous vignettes, many of them romantic in nature.
By Edmond Audouit
Le Jardin des Plantes
Description and habits of the mammals in the menagerie and the Natural History Museum
By Boitard - Antique book circa 1851
A beautiful snapshot of the museum and its garden in the mid-19th century, featuring interiors of the museum that no longer exist today.
Box of Cocaine Menthol Borate Lozenges
From THEVENOT Laboratories in Dijon
From the 1900s to the 1950s, it was common to find cocaine as an ingredient in certain lozenges, particularly those used to treat throat ailments.
SOLD EMPTY
Floral Candelabra - Chiselled Brass and Painted Flowers - Circa 1900 - Candlestick
Late 19th century - Early 20th century: Belle Époque / Art Nouveau: 1895-1910
Sold without candles
19th century oil or paraffin lamp stand
Late 19th century, Neo-Renaissance style from the Napoleon III period
Made in Babbitt metal
Can be used as a support, pedestal or candle holder
19th century oil or paraffin lamp stand
Made of brass with a Paris porcelain body painted with rose and ribbon motifs
Can be used as a support, pedestal or candle holder
Reliquary box - 19th century
Jewelry box
Histoire Générale des drogues -General History of Drugs- (in 2 volumes) In French
General History of Drugs, Simple and Compound, covering the three classes of Plants, Animals & Minerals, everything that is the subject of Physics, Chemistry, Pharmacy, & the Arts most useful to human society. By Sieur Pomet, Grocer & Apothecary
By Pierre Pomet, a famous apothecary of the time.
1735 edition, second edition revised and expanded by Joseph Pomet, son
In two volumes with full leather binding from the period - Good condition
A fascinating journey through the pharmacopoeia of the Grand Siècle, a centrepiece for any cabinet of curiosities
Louis Philippe period hanging table lamp
Period: July Monarchy around 1835-1845, still in transition from Rococo to the previous Restoration period.
Bronze with medal patina and cobalt blue blown glass.
Former oil night lamp.
Beautiful presence and intact patina, complete system.
Entomological frame - Papilio Blumei
Species: Papilio Blumei butterfly from Indonesia also called Peacock swallowtail
Entomological frame
Species: Papilio Ulysses butterfly
All butterflies are different - Illustration photos
Sardonyx Agate Obelisk
Also known as banded agate
Origin: India
Sardonyx Agate Obelisk
Also known as banded agate
Origin: India
Sardonyx Agate Obelisk
Also known as banded agate
Origin: India
Sardonyx Agate Obelisk
Also known as banded agate
Origin: India
Sardonyx Agate Obelisk
Also known as banded agate
Origin: India
Agate geode sphere
Formed from successive layers of chalcedony
Origin: Madagascar - Natural colours
SOLD WITHOUT BASE
Agate geode sphere
Formed from successive layers of chalcedony
Origin: Madagascar - Natural colours
SOLD WITHOUT BASE
Hermit crab in it's shell under glass bell jar
Dardanus megistos from Indo-Pacific zone
Fossil wood slice
Ref A
Petrified wood from Indonesia and date back to the Miocene period, about 20 million years ago
Crystal ball WITHOUT base
Art of Divination
Dimensions: Ø 15cm - 4.1Kg
Golden Ex-voto - Votive Offering - Sacred Art - Religious Art by Boncoeurs
An ex-voto (from the Latin ex voto suscepto, “according to the vow made”) is an offering made to a deity or saint in gratitude for a favor received or in request of protection. This offering can take many forms.
These offerings in the form of objects can take many forms and be made from a variety of materials.
Model: Radiant Heart
Golden Ex-voto - Ornament - Votive Offering - Sacred Art - Religious Art by Boncoeurs
An ex-voto (from the Latin ex voto suscepto, “according to the vow made”) is an offering made to a deity or saint in gratitude for a favor received or in request of protection. This offering can take many forms.
These offerings in the form of objects can take many forms and be made from a variety of materials.
Model: Evening Star
Bundle of 100 stamps tied with string
Orange 3 centimes stamp of the Blanc type
Issued from 1903 to 1932
Bundle of 100 stamps tied with string
Orange 30 centimes stamp of the Semeuse type
Issued from 1903 to the end of the 1930s
Bundle of 100 stamps tied with string
Blue 25 centimes stamp of the Semeuse type
Issued from 1903 to the end of the 1930s
Bundle of 100 stamps tied with string
Red 10 centimes stamp of the Semeuse type
Issued from 1903 to the end of the 1930s
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Each object tells a story. That of the world, that of men and nature. Our pieces hide many mysteries...
Our materials are authentic and made from noble materials. Works of art or object of the past, our pieces are united by one ambition: uncompromising quality.
Coming from the animal, vegetable and mineral world, our pieces are the subject of informed and responsible research. Some pieces may be accompanied by a certificate of authenticity which guarantees their origin or their traceability, such as a CITES document for example for protected species.
Some of our pieces may be unique or from small series. These objects are the result of a sharp selection and our stocks may be limited, so don't miss them...
