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Antique Laundry blue box - Helvetia Blue from Talissot &...

Antique Laundry blue box - Helvetia Blue from Talissot & Chevalier in Dôle and Geneva 

Period: 1890-1905

Box containing 6 gold-plated “coins” made of blue wash, resembling the iconography of Swiss coins and medals from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Beautiful blue and gold illustration on the box.

Your box will be sealed: never opened in 120 years

Price €55.00

Prescription book of the Berthier Pharmacy in Paris -...

Prescription book of the Berthier Pharmacy in Paris

Volume 3: from 1962 to 1971

Volume 4 of 4 available from these official registers, originating from a former Parisian pharmacy, which trace twenty-five years of medical history, from the Liberation to the 1970s. Far from being ceremonial documents, these prescription books are authentic working tools, marked by the urgency of everyday life and the evolution of pharmaceutical science.

You are purchasing 1 volume, not all 4 volumes

Price €20.00

Prescription book of the Berthier Pharmacy in Paris -...

Prescription book of the Berthier Pharmacy in Paris

Volume 3: from 1953 to 1962

Volume 3 of 4 available from these official registers, originating from a former Parisian pharmacy, which trace twenty-five years of medical history, from the Liberation to the 1970s. Far from being ceremonial documents, these prescription books are authentic working tools, marked by the urgency of everyday life and the evolution of pharmaceutical science.

You are purchasing 1 volume, not all 4 volumes

Price €20.00

Prescription book of the Sacquépée Pharmacy in Paris -...

Prescription Book of the Sacquépée Pharmacy - PARIS

Volume 1: French Liberation Period - 7 May 1945 to March 1946

Volume 1 of 4 available from these official records, originating from a former Parisian pharmacy, which trace twenty-five years of medical history, from the Liberation to the 1970s. Far from being ceremonial documents, these prescription books are authentic working tools, marked by the urgency of everyday life and the evolution of pharmaceutical science.

You are purchasing 1 volume, not all 4 volumes

Price €25.00

Antique wooden advertising crate for Gallia / Ch. Gervais...

Antique wooden advertising crate for Gallia / Ch. Gervais infant milk concentrate

Found in Parisian cellars that served as laboratories and storage rooms for pharmacists preparing their masterful concoctions from 1900 to 1950.

It was used to store products, glass bottles, etc.

Period: Circa 1947–1955

Price €45.00

Antique wooden advertising case for Mont Blanc - Rumilly...

Antique wooden advertising case for Mont Blanc - Rumilly condensed milk - Drawer

Found in Parisian cellars that served as laboratories and storage rooms for pharmacists preparing their masterful concoctions from 1900 to 1950.

It was used to store products, glass bottles, etc. 

This box is no longer just a transport container, it has been adopted as a piece of furniture.

Period: Circa 1920–1940

Price €45.00

Antique wooden advertising case for Nestlé concentrated...

Antique wooden advertising case for Nestlé concentrated infant milk

Found in Parisian cellars that served as laboratories and storage rooms for pharmacists preparing their masterful concoctions from 1900 to 1950.

It was used to store products, glass bottles, etc.

Period: Circa 1910–1930

Price €45.00