Pocket microscope
Floroscope - Insectoscope in brass
1850's - 1930's
Pocket microscope
Floroscope - Brass insectoscope
Small pocket microscope that allowed for quick observation of insects, small minerals, flowers, etc. in nature.
These small microscopes were sold from the 1850s until around the 1930s.
Consisting of two detachable parts with lenses at each end, one being a biconvex magnifying lens placed on a cage and the other a square Stanhope lens placed in an eyepiece above a tube.
A non-period pin can be inserted into the slots in the cylindrical body, allowing the object to be examined, such as a plant or insect, to be positioned in line with the biconvex lens, the one with the cage.
You can read an interesting article about these pocket microscopes on the Compendium website: pocket microscope
Height: approx. 6.5 cm - Diameter: 2.5 cm
Dropper bottle
Antique pharmacy bottle - 1920-30's
Glass stopper honed in the shape of a heart for better grip
EMPTY
Copper Sulfate
Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.
19th-century mouth-blown glass
There are still some beautiful blue crystals inside.
A fascinating artifact from the history of pharmacology
Myrrh
Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.
19th-century mouth-blown glass
There is still some product left inside
A fascinating artifact from the history of pharmacology
Dextrin powder - Starch - Pulvis Dextrinae
Antique pharmacy bottle
Blown glass
Essence of star anise
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Dropper bottle
Antique pharmacy bottle - 1920-30's
Glass stopper honed in the shape of a heart for better grip
EMPTY
Phénol Aqueux
Antique pharmacy bottle
Green label: SUBSTANCE TO BE SEPARATED - CODEX 1908
This means that this bottle had to be kept separate from the others because it was dangerous - POISON
EMPTY
Théâtre à la maison (Theatre at home) by B. Vadier
Circa 1880
Splendid publisher’s binding with cardboard plates from the Hetzel Collection
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
Soufre sublimé - Sublimed sulfur
Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary bottle
Napoleon III box in rosewood and polychrome marquetry
These boxes were used to store gloves, letters or accessories. This one was probably used to store dominoes, judging by the interior compartments.
A refined decorative piece, typical of 19th-century Parisian lifestyle.
19th century - Period: Napoleon III, circa 1850–1875
Ebonite cannula tip
Tips for enema or medical irrigation cannulas. New Old Stock
Marketed between May 1939 and sometime in 1940
Very Large cobalt blue glass pharmacy bottle - Apothecary - Shouldered - H27.5cm - 19th century
Shouldered apothecary bottle - Antique pharmacy bottle
Mouth-blown glass - Cobalt blue color tinted throughout
This large-capacity jar was a storage jar intended for stockpiling
Louis Philippe period hanging table lamp
Period: July Monarchy around 1835-1845, still in transition from Rococo to the previous Restoration period.
Bronze with medal patina and cobalt blue blown glass.
Former oil night lamp.
Beautiful presence and intact patina, complete system.
Brownbanded bamboo shark
Naturalized
Chiloscyllium punctatum
Unprotected species - Old taxidermy: visible suture under the belly and on the left side near the mouth
Pocket microscope
Floroscope - Insectoscope in brass
1850's - 1930's
