Portable autopsy kit from the mid-19th century

Maison Charrière in Paris, circa 1845–1870

Mahogany case for autopsy and dissection

Small portable mahogany case containing a set of autopsy instruments: hook hammer, bone chisel, enterotome scissors, probes, hooks and suture needles. Used by forensic scientists and anatomists for opening and examining bodies.

Charrière, a major 19th-century Parisian manufacturer, was a pioneer in the design of high-precision surgical and anatomical instruments.

Mahogany and polished steel: 23 × 11 cm

Please note: crack in the wood under the case

A beautiful object, very rare to find

Flight of butterflies under an antique Napoleon III-era glass dome

Species: 5 Parides eurimedes butterflies

Only available for pick-up in store at Paris, as the butterflies under the glass dome are too fragile to be shipped

Entomological frame 

Species: Morpho Adonis butterfly from French Guiana

Frame with black background and white border

Entomological box

Species: Rhinoceros Beetle - Chalcosoma chiron

Also known as the three-horned rhinoceros beetle

Dimensions: 15x18cm

Cat skull under glass dome

Felis catus

Entomological box

Species: Scarab beetle Ischiopsopha jamesi

From Papua

Common cuttlefish 

Wet specimen in fluid 

Sepia officinalis

Medicalized sheep skull on a base

Ovis aries

Ancient skull whose teeth were discovered under the bone and above the eye socket, with Roman numerals written in places. It may have been a skull used for study in a school.

Original patina, the skull is not young, there may be some missing pieces! It looks like it came out of the reserves of an old museum.

Flight of butterflies under a glass bell

5 Salamis duprei butterflies from Madagascar

Morpho Menelaus - Blue Morpho butterfly

Entomological box with black background 

Dimensions: 18.5x18.5cm