Floroscope
Botanist's microscope
Pocket microscope Late 19th - early 20th century
Warning: Here composed of 2 Stanhope lenses
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.
Warning: These small microscopes usually consist of two different parts, but this is not the case here. The floroscope consists of two identical systems: two Stanhope lenses.
It is used for magnifications greater than ten times. The Stanhope lens is very rudimentary, consisting of a cube, prism or cone made of glass with a flat surface.
I suppose that the single lens with its original cage must have been lost and replaced by a second Stanhope lens...
Late 19th - early 20th century
Perfect for any self-respecting budding entomologist!
Height: 5.5cm Diameter: 2.5cm
Here's an illustration of what this floroscope looked like in a period advertisement:
(Source: The Compendium - www.lecompendium.com)
T.NOIROT extract - Artificial peach cream
Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
Syringe for diphtheria serum – Dr Roux method
Wooden box
Label from instrument manufacturer H. Hauptner in Berlin on the box and marking on the large syringe
Bi-Carbonate de Soude - Sodium bicarbonate
Antique cardboard pharmacy box
Beautiful typography typical of the Belle Époque: circa 1910-1920
Antique ARTHUR MAURY postage stamp catalog
for collections of all postage stamps from the beginning to 1900
Published in 1904/1905
Racine de Ratanhia - Para Rhatany
Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary bottle
Birds - Antique chart by D'Orbigny - 1869
In colors
Atlas of the Universal Dictionary of Natural History
Antique telescopic monocular – Late 19th century
Small antique pocket monocular, dating from the late 19th/early 20th century.
Originally used to see the stage better at the theater or opera, compact and practical to slip into a pocket, with an elegant and discreet look.
Potassium Bromide Elixir
Antique and large brown English pharmacy bottle
Pravaz hypodermic injection syringe
Early 20th century
Non-functional
SOLD ALONE WITHOUT CASE
Antique 19th century pharmacy bottle
Radix althaeae Off - Marshmallow
Horseradish syrup
Grams / Tablespoons - Graduated bottle
in French: Grammes / Cuillères à soupe
Antique medicine bottle
Apothecary
TOYE mint alcohol in Lyon
Antique pharmacy bottle
Ref A
Antique jar for wet specimen storage
Size S
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
Ancient engraving -board of Natural History in colour nineteenth century
Antique chromed metal coffin handle
Winged hourglass
Early 20th century - Some traces of oxidation
New at the time, it has never been installed
Floroscope
Botanist's microscope
Pocket microscope Late 19th - early 20th century
Warning: Here composed of 2 Stanhope lenses
