APOTHECARY - ANTIQUE PHARMACY

The alchemist's lair — Apothecary bottles, medical instruments and antique laboratory objects imbued with the charm and mystery of ancient sciences. A selection inspired by alchemy and medicine of yesteryear, ideal for enthusiasts of ancient sciences and medical curiosities.

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The Apothecary’s Little Drawer - Antique wooden...

The Apothecary’s Little Drawer

Small antique wooden apothecary’s drawer that can be used as a storage box – Trade drawer

Handcrafted using traditional methods, with dovetail joints and a turned wooden handle

Width: 26cm - Length: 15.5cm - Height: 5.5cm 

All the drawers are different, with stains and varying signs of age on each one

Sold empty, without accessories

Price €25.00

Atropine Sulphate - Belladonna - POISON - Antique...

Atropine sulphate

Atropine is extracted from belladonna, the notorious poisonous plant.

Antique dropper bottle.

Red ‘POISON’ label

Indicating to the pharmacist that it must be stored separately from other substances in the cabinet for toxic substances, the famous ‘poison cabinet’.

It comes from the former cellar-laboratory of a Parisian pharmacy. The bottles had not been moved from the shelves since the late 1950s. The cellar had served as a medical analysis laboratory and a laboratory for the pharmacy’s compounded preparations from 1900 until around 1950.

Date: Late 19th century or very early 20th century (circa 1890–1910)

EMPTY

Price €35.00