Tripod Torch Holder with Coat of Arms - Napoleon III-era Troubadour style in brass

This style, known as ‘Troubadour style’, reintroduced fantastical animals and medieval imagery into the decorative arts. 

19th century

Sold without candle

Large brass candlestick - Candleholder

20th century

Height 42cm Weight: 1.65kg

L’Herbier des Demoiselles (1857) – A Comprehensive Treatise on Botany

L’Herbier des Demoiselles (1857) – Complete Treatise on Botany

At a time when botany was considered the ultimate art of living, this book taught young women, known as demoiselles, how to collect plants, classify flowers, and understand the mysteries of nature with a unique sensitivity.

Illustrated with numerous vignettes, many of them romantic in nature.

By Edmond Audouit

Floral Candelabra - Chiselled Brass and Painted Flowers - Circa 1900 - Candlestick

Late 19th century - Early 20th century: Belle Époque / Art Nouveau: 1895-1910

Sold without candles

19th century oil or paraffin lamp stand

Made of brass with a Paris porcelain body painted with rose and ribbon motifs

Can be used as a support, pedestal or candle holder

Bundle of 100 stamps tied with string

Red 10 centimes stamp of the Semeuse type

Issued from 1903 to the end of the 1930s

Bundle of 100 stamps tied with string

Green 5 centimes stamp of the Semeuse type

Issued from 1903 to the end of the 1930s

Salamander - Pharmacy corkscrew in bronze 

XIXth century

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