Heart in Italian Marble - Clipboard or to hang - An eye...
Italian marble Cube
Paperweight
On Montmartre Hill, you enter a cabinet of curiosities.
Our store is open Tuesday through Saturday
from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Discover a 19th-century-style cabinet of curiosities at Curiositas.
Come and visit us at 7 rue Ravignan, 75018 Paris - Abbesses metro station
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Our historical and unusual objects can also be found on our site
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...

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.
Italian marble Cube
Paperweight
Very old Cat skull - Felis catus
Size about 11cm
This is an old cat, it has lost almost all its teeth and the tooth alveoli have resorbed, so it is a matter of age.
Skull of Cat
Felis catus
Size approximately 9-11cm
Bat under frame
Species: Hipposideros bicolor of Indonesia
All bats are different, illustration images
Not protected species
Antique drum microscope
In it's mahogany wooden box and its vintage brochure
For botanist, entomologist
Metal box of breath mints with cocaine
Box of Dr BENGUE Dragees
1920's
It is recommended to suck 8 to 10 lozenges per day, allowing them to melt in the mouth...
EMPTY
Alchemical Oracle of Transformation
37-Card Divination Deck
In this Gold Edition, all the alchemical symbolism is brought to life through the 30 divination cards and the 7 cards of the Set of Keys.
ONLY IN FRENCH
Garengeot Dental Key - Maison Favre
Used from the 19th century through the 1930s - Chrome-plated dental key
Date: Late 19th century – early 20th century (c. 1885–1905)
Garengeot Dental Key
Used from the 19th century through the 1930s
Date: Date: 19th century (c. 1840–1880) - Made of wrought iron and ebony
Garengeot Dental Key - Maison Favre
Used from the 19th century through the 1930s
Date: Mid- to late 19th century (c. 1860–1890) - Made of wrought iron and ebony
"Grande Clef du Bonheur”: Key to Happiness
By Marius in Paris
With its embroidered good-luck charm, filled with organic lavender, naturally mothproof.
Lucky charm
Scented Glass Candle
Palmistry
Color Illustration
Scent: Wild Fig & Cedar
Scented Glass Candle
Phrenology
Color Illustration - Paraffin wax
Scent: Oud & Black Pepper
Jaborandi
Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary Mouth-blown glass bottle
Late 19th century - Beginning of the 20th
Corsican Moss
Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary Mouth-blown glass bottle
Corsican Moss (Helminthochorton or Sphaerococcus helminthochorton) is a mixture of red seaweeds harvested along the coast of Corsica. It was one of the most famous deworming agents used in traditional medicine to eliminate intestinal worms.
Late 19th century - Beginning of the 20th
Box of Night Lights Fabriqué à la Gare / Jeunet - 1890–1920
Wick night light
A round box for oil night lights made of molded cardboard, produced by the Veilleuses Françaises factory at the Vitry-sur-Seine train station.
It contains the system patented by Jeunet—winner of a silver medal at the 1891 Exposition du Travail.
All boxes are unique, showing varying degrees of wear from the passage of time, with varying amounts of oil remaining, and varying degrees of yellowing.
T.L. Paris Night Lights Made of Spruce Wood - Circa 1860–1880
Wick night light
A box of oil-filled night lights made of bent spruce wood slats, dating from the second half of the 19th century (circa 1860–1880): Napoléon III Second Empire.
You are purchasing 1 box
Chloroform-Based Soothing Balm
Antique pharmacy bottle
Collectible and historical curiosity. Due to the age of the contents and the presence of chloroform, the bottle must not be opened or used.
Antique First aid kit for the healing of snake bites
Glass syringe and 2 vintage doses of vaccine
Vintage quack remedy!
Beautiful snake illustration on the aluminium box
ATEA Panel-Mount Ammeter
Vintage industrial electrical panel dial, circa 1920–1950
Function: Panel-mount ammeter measuring AC currents up to 150 amps.
Table CdC voltmeter with apparent mechanism
Dial for vintage industrial electrical panel, circa 1920/1950
Function: Electromagnetic panel voltmeter measuring electrical voltage up to 250 Volts. Manufactured by the Compagnie des Compteurs de Montrouge, it was built into factory control cabinets, municipal transformer stations, public building machinery rooms or onto vintage railway rolling stock. The upper brass skylight reveals the pivot and the return spring of the mechanism.
Large ACEC Industrial Ammeter (0–500 A)
Industrial Dial for Vintage Industrial Electrical Panel, circa 1920/1950
Function: Ferromagnetic ammeter with a circular dial that measures high-current alternating current (up to 500 A). It was used to monitor the load drawn by very large power lines or electrical machinery.
Specimen: Fire Salamander - Salamandra salamandra
Museum jar, also known as a Museum specimen tube.
Wet specimen
Specimen: Languedoc Scorpion - Buthus occitanus
Museum jar, also known as a Museum specimen tube.
Wet specimen
Specimen: Common Newt - Triturus vulgaris
Museum jar, also known as a Museum specimen tube.
Wet specimen
Mother-of-pearl wax seal - Seal - Antique stamp - TL
Ergonomic, spindle-shaped handle made of turned, blackened wood
Engraving: Initials TL
Estimated period: Late 19th – Early 20th century
Wax Seal - Seal - Antique Stamp - EA
Mount with a turned, blackened wooden baluster-style cylindrical handle
Engraving: Initials EA
Wax Seal - Seal - Antique Stamp - PF
Frame with a turned, blackened wooden baluster-style handle featuring fluted detailing
Engraving: Initials PF
Estimated period: Late 19th – Early 20th century
Wax Seal - Seal - Antique Stamp - AF
Ergonomic, turned, blackened wooden handle
Engraving: Initials AF
Estimated period: Late 19th – Early 20th century
Entomological box
Species: Stick insect - Phaenopharos herwaardeni from Thaïland
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Welcome to the Cabinet Journals. Dive behind the scenes of our shop. Over time, you will discover the forgotten history of certain finds, historical context, and anecdotes about life at our cabinet of curiosities in the heart of Montmartre.

Specimen Origin - CITES Regulations & Legislation
All our natural history, osteology, and fauna specimens are rigorously selected in strict compliance with French, European, and CITES international regulations. Traceability, legality, and conservation are at the heart of our commitments.
Learn more about the origin and regulations of our specimens by clicking here

Tucked away in the courtyard behind our Montmartre boutique, our workshop handcrafts our entomological creations, officially labeled by the City of Paris since 2017.

Some of our pieces are unique or produced in small series. These items are the result of careful selection and our stock can be limited, so don't let them pass you by...