An antique absinthe topette (decanter)
6 Beaded Topette
Residue in the bottom of the carafe
An antique absinthe topette (decanter)
Also known as a divider decanter, made of mouth-blown glass because you can still see the trace of the blowing rod under the decanter.
Blown glass peanut stopper.
Each bead represents a dose of absinthe. The most common is the double rim, as these carafes are also used for other spirits. Hence the double dose: one dose (1 bourrelet) in the coffee and then the second dose afterwards, the famous ‘pousse-café’!
You pour a slug of absinthe into the glass and then simply put the sugar on the spoon above the glass and let the water run down before tasting.
Very practical for cafe owners to calculate the number of glasses you have drunk.
Model with 6 beads (6 doses): Height: 19.5 cm (with stopper) Diameter: 5.5cm
Residue in the bottom of the carafe
An antique absinthe topette (decanter)
4 Beaded Topette
An antique absinthe topette (decanter)
10 Beaded Topette
Bulb for hypodermic injection - Camphor (circa 1920)
various manufacturers
Hypophosphite de Calcium
Antique pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Antique pharmacy jar: Sodium bicarbonate and Gold Flower tablets
Glass pharmacy bottle - XIXth century
Camphorated oil
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
EMPTY but cap is blocked and bottle will not open
The Pharmacist's Dispensary Inkwell
Moulded glass safety inking pot - Late 19th century
sold without a pen
Antique apothecary bottle – Coca powder – Late 19th century/Early 20th century
POISON
Coca powder is the source of cocaine, which was the first effective local anaesthetic used in surgery and dentistry.
SOLD EMPTY
Antique drum microscope for botanist, entomologist
Mirror missing
Late 19th century, early 20th century
Antique storage box for glass eyes in blue felt
50 compartments
Interior in blue felt and silk
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Manual of the Naturalist Preparer followed by a Treaty of Embalmings
by BOITARD - Book of 1853
5 fold-out plates at the end of the volume with beautiful engravings
Arrhénal - Sodium methylarsinate - Arsenic
Antique amber glass bottle, with a boxwood and cork stopper.
Green label: SUBSTANCE TO BE STORED SEPARATELY – CODEX 1908
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.
EMPTY
Pair of ebonite medical cannulas in their original cardboard box
Circa 1920–1930
Original stock from that period
1937 Codex – French Pharmacopoeia
6th Edition – Decree of 21 February 1937
Volume I only
Napoleon III period glove box in Neo-Renaissance style
Elegant Napoleon III period glove box, circa 1865–1875, in deep brown stained veneered wood, richly decorated with ironwork and decorative brass studs in the Neo-Renaissance style popular at the time.
19th century - Period: Napoleon III, circa 1865–1875
One foot is missing from under the box: see photo - No key
SOLD EMPTY
Antique wooden advertising crate for Gallia / Ch. Gervais infant milk concentrate
Found in Parisian cellars that served as laboratories and storage rooms for pharmacists preparing their masterful concoctions from 1900 to 1950.
It was used to store products, glass bottles, etc.
Period: Circa 1947–1955
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
An antique absinthe topette (decanter)
6 Beaded Topette
Residue in the bottom of the carafe
