Cigar cabinet- Cylindrical cigar box - Cigar cellar
Napoleon III period
When you turn the knob, the doors open pretty well except for 1 or 2, but this is not the case for closing, you have to close the doors manually.
Cigar cabinet - Napoleon III period - XIXth century
Cigar cellar in the form of a wooden kiosk. The door panels are in Makassar Ebony veneer.
Brass ornamentation. Holds 18 cigars, which were smaller in those days than they are today.
Simply turn the knob on top to rotate the panels, revealing the cigars inside. The mechanism works, but is a little seized up, so you have to take it easy and help it a little without forcing it, as not all the doors open at the same time; you often have to open 1 or 2 doors by hand, and the same to close it again.
When you turn the knob, the doors open pretty well except for 1 or 2, but this is not the case for closing, you have to close the doors manually.
Originally, the kiosk was to have been made of blackened wood varnished with a buffer, but the base has been repainted in a patinated gold color.
The music box is still present and works on this model, but doesn't start when the doors open. You have to wind up the mechanism with the key located under the cellar to hear the music, but beware: once engaged, the music goes right to the end, as the metal tab designed to stop it doesn't work.
Label under the box announcing the music played:
-Quand l'amour meurt (When love dies)
-Bien des choses chez vous (Many things about you)
Recent screws under the base.
Originally, the music box started when the wooden panels were opened. Perhaps a way of warning Madame that Monsieur was about to smoke a cigar...
Height: 29.5cm Base diameter: 19cm
Potassium Bromide Elixir
Antique and large brown English pharmacy bottle
Anatomical plate: "L'Anatomie de L'Homme" by Dr Bourgery and draughtsman Jacob -1837/1843
Boule de Nancy - Genuine Mars Vulnerary Ball - Steel Ball
This iron-containing ball was once considered a miracle cure for many ailments and injuries.
The Boule de Nancy is sold individually in a small antique drugstore box
Unavailable today
Poudre de Capucins - Capuchin powder
Nineteenth-century medicine bottle with beautiful black and gold label
Blown glass
Aqua Calris - Hot water
Antique pharmacy jar
Apothecary
Dr Potain vacuum cleaner in its case
Early 20th century - 1900
Antique medical instrument from manufacturer H.DUTAR in Paris
Ovarine - Ovarian powder
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary
Antique Guyon bladder syringe in bakelite
Beginning of XXth century
Antique metal bladder syringe of Dr Guyon
Beginning of XXth century
non-functional
Botany plate by Michel Etienne Descourtilz
From the Flore pittoresque et médicale des Antilles ou histoire naturelle des plantes usuelles des colonies françaises, anglaises, espagnoles et portugaises.
Published in 1827/1833
Painted engraving from the 19th century
Cours d'opérations de chirurgie, démontrées au Jardin Royal
Course of surgical operations, demonstrated in the Royal Garden
Published in 1751 in Paris, by d'Houry, sole printer and bookseller to Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans
Fourth edition
Illustrated with numerous plates and engravings in the text, including the famous plate of Poor Malabou and her scrotal elephantiasis on page 112/113, which the author mentions on page 373.
Voyage to the South Pole and Oceania on the corvettes the Astrolabe and the Zélée, executed by order of the king during the years 1837-1838-1839-1840 under the command of M. Dumont-d'Urville captain of vessel
Botanical plate
Published in 1846
Atlas of Natural History - Botany
Phanerogamy
Brass plate number per unit
Numbered oval brass plate
Antique chromed metal coffin handle
Winged hourglass
Early 20th century - Some traces of oxidation
New at the time, it has never been installed
RICQLES Mint alcohol bottle
Antique bottle with emery glass stopper
Cigar cabinet- Cylindrical cigar box - Cigar cellar
Napoleon III period
When you turn the knob, the doors open pretty well except for 1 or 2, but this is not the case for closing, you have to close the doors manually.
