Dropper No. xx05

Antique pharmacy bottle

He's lost his rubber duck

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Dropper No. 242.743

Antique pharmacy bottle

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Berthet - Pharmacie de la Rotonde

Antique pharmacy bottle

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Sodium tartrate – Soda lye

Antique pharmacy bottle.

That’s what I managed to make out from the almost faded labels. The bottle was therefore reused, as was often the case in pharmacies.

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Kermès pur

Antique pharmacy bottle

Kermes is a compound of antimony sulphide whose toxicity is extremely similar to that of arsenic.

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Reseptine

Antique pharmacy bottle

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Sonéryl - Butobarbital - Barbiturates

Antique pharmacy bottle

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Drops No. 234,625

Antique pharmacy bottle

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Hamamelis fluid extract – Dropper bottle

Antique pharmacy bottle - 1920-30's

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A avaler aux repas To be taken with meals (as far as can be made out from the torn label)

Antique pharmacy bottle

Torn label

Cèdre - Cedarwood Oil

Antique pharmacy bottle

There is some product left, but the stopper is stuck

The writing has faded, but in oblique light one can make out CEDRE

Nux Vomica Tincture – Strychnine

Antique amber glass 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.

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Sodium Nitrite

Antique amber glass bottle, with a boxwood and cork stopper.

Label: DANGEROUS

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.

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Veronal - Barbiturates - Diethylmalonylurea

Antique amber glass bottle, with a boxwood and cork stopper.

Label: DANGEROUS

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.

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Gardénal - Phenobarbital - Barbiturates

Phényléthylmalonylurée

Antique amber glass bottle, with a boxwood and cork stopper.

Label: DANGEROUS

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.

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Piperazine

Antique amber glass bottle. The cap is missing

Green label: SUBSTANCE TO BE STORED SEPARATELY – CODEX 1908

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.

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Ipecacuanha Opiate Powder - Dover's Powder

Antique amber glass bottle, with a boxwood and cork stopper.

Green label: SUBSTANCE TO BE STORED SEPARATELY – CODEX 1908

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.

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Silver Nitrate Sticks

Antique amber glass bottle, with a boxwood and cork stopper.

Green label: SUBSTANCE TO BE STORED SEPARATELY – CODEX 1908

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.

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Arrhénal - Sodium methylarsinate - Arsenic

Antique amber glass bottle, with a boxwood and cork stopper.

Green label: SUBSTANCE TO BE STORED SEPARATELY – CODEX 1908

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.

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Pharmaceutical zinc sulphate

Antique amber glass bottle, with a boxwood and cork stopper.

Green label: SUBSTANCE TO BE STORED SEPARATELY – CODEX 1908

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.

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Calcium hypophosphite

Antique amber glass bottle, with a boxwood and cork stopper.

Green label: SUBSTANCE TO BE STORED SEPARATELY – CODEX 1908

Handwritten label, pen inscription, neat calligraphy, with its thick and thin strokes.

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.

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Mercury Chalk – Treatment for Syphilis

Antique amber glass bottle, with a boxwood and cork stopper.

Handwritten label, pen inscription ‘Mercurial Chalk’, neat calligraphy with its thick and thin strokes.

Bottom band ‘TO BE SEPARATED’, instructing the pharmacist to store it 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.

Period: Judging by the handwriting, late 19th century

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Genuine spiral-carved marlin rostrum

Istiophoridae

Dimensions: H47cm

Genuine spiral-carved marlin rostrum

Istiophoridae

Dimensions: H52.5cm

Butterfly bell - Size M

Species: Rhetus periander butterflies from Peru (Breeding)

Deer antler sculpture - Totem Skulls on pedestal

Material : Antler

Origin: Hand-carved in Indonesia

Antique papier-mâché doll’s head on a base

Originally designed as a toy component, it has been reimagined here as a true cabinet piece in the style of a memento mori.

The interior lining features Spanish newspapers from the 1980s.

Height: 18cm

Deer antler sculpture - Snake and Skulls Totem on pedestal

Material : Antler

Origin: Indonesia

Le Cachet Rose Flossim - Flossim Pink Tablets

Vintage tin medicine box - Pharmacy - Apothecary

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Cup by Patrizia Italiano – Octopus – Handmade white ceramic from Sicily – Large model

Handmade white ceramic from Sicily

Patrizia Italiano is a renowned Italian artist and ceramist, whose work is a true celebration of Sicily, her homeland and her main source of inspiration. Patrizia Italiano lives in Sicily, Italy, between Palermo and Filicudi, one of the Aeolian Islands.

She draws her inspiration from Sicilian landscapes, its history and its people. She is famous for her anthropomorphic vases, the famous Sicilian Moor’s Heads, which she reinterprets with great humour and a modern twist, giving them the names of Sicilian merchants.

High-temperature glazed art ceramic, very sturdy and with colours that will not fade.

They are all differents!