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Floroscope - Ref A
Botanist's microscope
Pocket microscope Late 19th - early 20th century
Floroscope - Brass insectoscope - pocket microscope
These small microscopes, also known as Floroscopes or botanist's microscopes, were sold in France from the 1850s to the 1930s.
These small pocket microscopes, made of brass and glass lenses, enabled rapid observation of insects, small minerals, flowers etc. in nature.
The ingenious thing about them is that they are made up of 2 parts:
The first, for observations requiring low magnification, is a biconvex lens mounted on a beautifully openwork cylinder. Remove the cage and place the lens on whatever you wish to magnify with the lens.
The second, for magnifications of over ten times, is the Stanhope lens. The Stanhope lens is very rudimentary, consisting of a glass cube, prism or cone with a flat surface.
The needle shown here (not original) was used to pierce the object or insect to be observed and placed under the simple lens.
Late 19th - early 20th century
Perfect for any self-respecting budding entomologist!
Height unfolded: 7.5cm Closed: 4.5cm Diameter: 2.8cm
Here's an illustration of what this floroscope looked like in a period advertisement:
(Source: The Compendium - www.lecompendium.com)
Antique bezoar - Antipoison - Antidote
Once sold by the apothecary, bezoar, also known as gallstone, was reputed to have the same anti-poison properties as the legendary unicorn's horn, hence its excessively high price, also due to its great rarity.
An important piece in a cabinet of curiosities
Sold alone - Without stand, sold separately
Floroscope
Botanist's microscope
Pocket microscope Late 19th - early 20th century
Warning: Here composed of 2 Stanhope lenses
Soothing balm
Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
Antique glass dropper in white glass - 30ml
Apothecary - Pharmacy
Heart-shaped stopper
Anatomy of Man by Cloquet
Anatomical lithography in black and white
The plates date from circa 1852
Stamp of the Franco-Belgian Literary and Artistic Convention of 22 August 1852
Antique brass and cast-iron rack-and-pinion microscope in wooden case
Late 19th century - Early 20th century
JOLY oil-free black ink for rubber stamps
Antique bottle
There is ink left inside
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
Extraction forceps for maxillary molars with symmetrical, hollowed-out jaws
Circa 1900-1910
Manufacturer: Luer in Paris
Septichrome
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Botany plate by Édouard-Adolphe Duchesne
From the Atlas du Répertoire des plantes utiles et des plantes du globe published in 1846
19th-century color lithograph
Le langage des fleurs
The Language of Flowers
Published in 1848
Antique book on the symbolism of flowers
Illustrated with 20 beautiful colored plates
Central Pharmacy of the Civil Hospitals of Paris
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary
Antique painted plywood panel
ENTREE INTERDITE - DANGER ENTRY FORBIDDEN - DANGER
Skull and crossbones with barbed wire
Dry sodium iodide
Antique pharmacy bottle - drugstore - apothecary
Floroscope - Ref A
Botanist's microscope
Pocket microscope Late 19th - early 20th century