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.
Support for Mummy’s Head
Pedestal in blackened turned wood, 19th century style
Sold alone
Mummy head - Human skull REPLICA
Artist reproduction by Jérôme Cavailles
Mummy head - Human skull REPLICA
Artist reproduction by Jérôme Cavailles
Cul-de-lampe Wall Bracket Console - Stuccoed and Gilded Wood - Italy (Tuscany), 19th Century
Early 19th-century wall console
Gilded wood and stucco with painted faux antique green marble
Cul-de-lampe Wall Bracket Console - Stuccoed and Gilded Wood - Italy (Tuscany), 19th Century
Early 19th-century wall console
Gilded wood and stucco with painted faux antique green marble
Gecko or figurative lizard in melted brass
Can be used as a paperweight
Antique cardboard lithographed demijohn headdress - Andrea Cioni & Figlio (Empoli, Tuscany)
Period: Circa 1913-1920 (Italy)
Period packaging that caps the neckline of large wicker transport demijohn to seal the neck.
Office paper knife with raw natural amethyst handle
Elegant desk letter opener with a thin metal blade set in a natural point of raw amethyst of a very beautiful color.
Jusquiame - Henbane
Antique pharmacy bottle.
Red ‘POISON’ label
Indicating to the pharmacist that it must be stored separately from other substances in the cabinet for toxic substances, the famous ‘poison cabinet’.
It comes from the former cellar-laboratory of a Parisian pharmacy. The bottles had not been moved from the shelves since the late 1950s. The cellar had served as a medical analysis laboratory and a laboratory for the pharmacy’s compounded preparations from 1900 until around 1950.
Date: Begining of 20th century
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Arséniate de Soude
Antique pharmacy bottle.
Red ‘POISON’ label
Indicating to the pharmacist that it must be stored separately from other substances in the cabinet for toxic substances, the famous ‘poison cabinet’.
It comes from the former cellar-laboratory of a Parisian pharmacy. The bottles had not been moved from the shelves since the late 1950s. The cellar had served as a medical analysis laboratory and a laboratory for the pharmacy’s compounded preparations from 1900 until around 1950.
Date: Begining of 20th century
EMPTY
Large antique wooden pharmacy drawer with compartments - From a pharmacy or herbalist's cabinet
3 compartments
Ref C - 39.5x50cm
Can be used as a storage box
Weight: 4.1kg !
Triptych of original heraldic engravings on copper (1722) - A System of Heraldry - By Alexander Nisbet
The sheet was cut from an original folio board and then hand-enhanced with a subtle watercolor painting.
The event is presented under a modern passe-partout - A trace of an old label in the upper right corner of the mat, see photos
It includes 3 coats of arms from the great lineages of the Scottish nobility: Graham of Morphie - Fletcher of Salton - Lauder of Bass
Original heraldic engraving on copper (1722) in colour - A System of Heraldry - By Alexander Nisbet
The vignette was cut from an original folio sheet and then hand-enhanced with a subtle watercolor painting.
The event is presented under a modern passe-partout
Family coat of arms: Montgomerie of Coilsfield
Original heraldic engraving on copper (1722) in colour - A System of Heraldry - By Alexander Nisbet
The vignette was cut from an original folio sheet and then hand-enhanced with a subtle watercolor painting.
The event is presented under a modern passe-partout
Family coat of arms: McClellan of Barclay
Original heraldic engraving on copper (1722) in colour - A System of Heraldry - By Alexander Nisbet
The vignette was cut from an original folio sheet and then hand-enhanced with a subtle watercolor painting.
The event is presented under a modern passe-partout
Coat of arms of the family: Buchanan of Drumakill
Original heraldic engraving on copper (1722) in colour - A System of Heraldry - By Alexander Nisbet
The vignette was cut from an original folio sheet and then hand-enhanced with a subtle watercolor painting.
The event is presented under a modern passe-partout
Coat of arms of the family: Dalrymple of Cranstoun
Stem - Baroque base in turned wood and gilded stucco - Italy (Tuscany), 19th century
Italian Giltwood Altar Floral Stand
Antique religious altar bouquet stem made of turned and carved wood, covered with a stucco undercoating (gesso) and gilded.
Lack of gesso and gilding in some places, which is precisely why the white gesso appears under the gilding.
Traces of use and visible gaps in stucco
Stem - Baroque base in turned wood and gilded stucco - Italy (Tuscany), 19th century
Italian Giltwood Altar Floral Stand
Antique religious altar bouquet stem made of turned and carved wood, covered with a stucco undercoating (gesso) and gilded.
Lack of gesso and gilding in some places, which is precisely why the white gesso appears under the gilding.
Traces of use and visible gaps in stucco
Large antique Marian ex-voto in silver-plated metal - Tuscany - Italy - 19th century
Votive offering - Sacred art - Religious art
Period: 19th century (circa 1880–1900)
An ex-voto (from the Latin ex voto suscepto, "according to the vow made") is an offering offered to a deity or a saint in gratitude for a grace received or in request of protection. This offering can take many forms.
In Italy, and particularly in Tuscany where this ex-voto comes from, these votive hearts traditionally dressed the walls of shrines (cante ex-voto).
Butterfly bell - Size M
Species: Pereute callinira butterfly from Peru (antique reused collection)
Entomological box
Species: Haetera piera butterfly from Ecuador
9x12cm
Entomological box
Species: Scarab beetle Dicronocephalus debryi
From China captured in 1998
Sirop d'Iodure de Fer
Antique pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Liqueur Ammoniac: anisée
Antique pharmacy bottle with handwritten writing.
Also called the aniseed ammonia spirit.
EMPTY
Iodine dye
Antique pharmacy bottle
With the inscription Teinture d'Iode molded in glass
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Elixir N°7324
Antique pharmacy bottle
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Alcool camphrée
Antique pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Gargle
Antique pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Collodion
Used as a liquid dressing
Antique pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Toothpaste elixir
Antique pharmacy bottle
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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...
