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)
Lower part of the lower mandible of a horse jaw
Antique model from Maison Auzoux in Paris
Paper-mâché pedagogical model
Model A - 9 months
The Pharmacist's Dispensary Inkwell
Moulded glass safety inking pot - Late 19th century
sold without a pen
19th century oil or paraffin lamp stand
Made of brass with a Paris porcelain body painted with rose and ribbon motifs
Can be used as a support, pedestal or candle holder
Adrenaline Solution at 1‰
Antique pharmacy bottle
Label leftovers: TO BE SEPARATED and POISON label
This means that this bottle had to be kept separate from the others because it was dangerous - POISON
EMPTY
Grindelia Tincture
Antique medicine bottle
Apothecary
Clastic Mannequin - Dr. Auzoux's anatomical skinned
Orthoforme
Antique pharmacy bottle - Droguerie - Apothicaire
Silver medal at Paris 1889
Ancient First-aid kit for healing snake bites
antique first-aid kit from the Pharmacie Michel LEGROS
Glass syringe in its case
Antique Snake Oil Salesmen product! Quack Medicine
Antique glass oil lamp in pressed molded glass - Provence
19th century, circa 1880/1890
Decorated with satyr masks, ram's head and bouquet of flowers
Height 26cm
Highly transparent crystal glass with beautiful clarity
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
Antique and large drum microscope
In it's mahogany wooden box
For botanist, entomologist - XIXth century
This is a larger model than those usually found on the market
Dextrin powder - Starch - Pulvis Dextrinae
Antique pharmacy bottle
Blown glass
Collodion
Used as a liquid dressing
Antique pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
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
Brass plate number per unit
Numbered oval brass plate
Antique labels in a pharmacy box for cures made of canvas cardboard
Do not swallow label
The pharmacist used his boxes of medicine to put away the labels he would then put on the bottles that he would resell to his customers.
Floroscope
Botanist's microscope
Pocket microscope Late 19th - early 20th century
Warning: Here composed of 2 Stanhope lenses
