Shark tooth fossil

Otodus Obliquus dating from the Ypresian: 50 million years ago

Shark tooth fossil

Otodus Obliquus dating from the Ypresian: 50 million years ago

Shark tooth fossil

Otodus Obliquus dating from the Ypresian: 50 million years ago

Empty soap box

A la Reine des Abeilles- Perfumer VIOLET - Paris

Second Empire (1852-1870)

Entomological composition of beetles

27 specimens make up this picture

Black entomological box with gold fillet, hand-crafted by an bookbinder craftsman in Anjou

Vincent Delabrierre Perfumery 

Crème de Lys (Lily cold cream)

Old earthenware ointment jar

19th century

Motto: I make lilies bloom and colour roses

Entomological box 

Stick: Achrioptera punctipes from Madagascar

Entomological box 

Species: Morpho peleides from Ecuador - Front and back

Superb metallic blue reflections that are not due to pigments but to the cellular structure of the wings. In fact, this butterfly has no blue pigments. 

Diaphanization of Common mouse - Mus musculus 

Biological preparation

The aim of diaphanization is to render the tissues transparent through a chemical process, and specific dyes are used to highlight the skeleton.

You can see the bones through the flesh!