Napoleon III box in black lacquered wood and marquetry

Napoleon III period Circa 1860–1880

Black veneer highlighted with precious wood marquetry inlays and brass strips. Beautiful central cartouche monogrammed E.R. It must have been an old game box for storing tokens.

NO KEY - SOLD EMPTY

Bi-Carbonate de Soude - Sodium bicarbonate

Antique cardboard pharmacy box

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

Box of nascent oxygen and cocaine tablets

From the 1900s to the 1950s it was not uncommon to see cocaine as an ingredient in some lozenges, especially for throat ailments!

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

Syringe for diphtheria serum – Dr Roux method

Wooden box

Label from instrument manufacturer H. Hauptner in Berlin on the box and marking on the large syringe

Elegant Art Nouveau glass vase and bronze candlestick

Made of cast bronze with a patina finish, decorated with naturalistic plant motifs and hand-finished with a file.

Art Nouveau decorative object combining patinated bronze and orange glass in a fluid, asymmetrical plant motif characteristic of the late 19th century.

Circa 1895–1905

Antique ARTHUR MAURY postage stamp catalog

for collections of all postage stamps from the beginning to 1900

Published in 1904/1905

DERNIERS JOURS - LAST DAYS 

Antique Cinema painted plywood sign 

Cinema sign announcing the final days of a film's run