Black lacquered boiled cardboard sewing box with Japanese-inspired decoration circa 1860-1880

From the Société Française des Cotons à Coudre

19th century - Napoleon III era - Japonism period

Flaw: traces of ancient adhesive residue as seen in the photos

Man and Woman

Anatomy booklet with removable boards

Around 1930's

Antique bronze pine cone candle snuffer from the 19th century.

Also known as a candle extinguisher.

Originally used to extinguish smokeless candles.

Bi-Carbonate de Soude - Sodium bicarbonate

Antique cardboard pharmacy box

Beautiful typography typical of the Belle Époque: circa 1910-1920

Pure Vaseline Box

Antique tin pharmacy box for ointment - Circa 1900

No longer opens - Beautiful patina: see photos

Empty

Brücke achromatic magnifying glass with engraved linear reticle

Portable scientific instrument — 19th century

Used in ophthalmology, surgery, dissection, histology, botany and mineralogy. 

Dr Potain vacuum cleaner in its case

Late 19th century - 1870-1895

Antique medical instrument 

However, the box comes from the Hôpital de la Charité in Paris, as indicated by the inscription on the top of the box, from the Bouillaud ward of the hospital.

non-functional

Dr Potain vacuum cleaner in its case

Late 19th century - 1885-1894

Antique medical instrument from manufacturer MATHIEU in Paris

non-functional