Tripod Torch Holder with Coat of Arms - Napoleon III-era Troubadour style in brass
This style, known as ‘Troubadour style’, reintroduced fantastical animals and medieval imagery into the decorative arts.
19th century
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Tripod Torch Candle Holder with Coat of Arms - Napoleon III-era Troubadour style in brass
The troubadour style dates back to the reign of Napoleon III, when France was fascinated by a reinvented and romanticised Middle Ages.
This movement, known as the ‘Troubadour style’, reintroduced fantastical beasts and medieval imagery into the decorative arts.
Brass candlestick on a tripod base
A true immersion in the romantic imagination of the Second Empire, this brass torch celebrates the Troubadour style.
Sand casting: The object has a bold relief, typical of sand mould casting.
Traditional assembly: The reverse side reveals the structure: a central threaded iron rod and hand-folded retaining clips, guaranteeing the integrity of the original piece.
Symbolic and fanciful coats of arms: The centre is decorated with stylised fleurs-de-lis surrounded by blue painted cartouches, simulating ancient medieval enamels. These fanciful coats of arms do not document a specific family, but rather the ideal of nobility dreamed of in the 19th century.
Origin: France, Napoleon III period - 1850-1870
Style: Neo-Gothic / Troubadour
Material: Solid brass (sand cast)
Decoration: Blue polychrome enamel-style paint
Base: 15x15cm - Height: 24.5cm - Weight: 985g
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Butterfly - Natural History color plate
Entomology
You buy 1 plate, not the whole set
Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 6
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1749
Complete original edition with 5 fold-out plates
Large brass candlestick - Candleholder
20th century
Height 42cm Weight: 1.65kg
Calcium hypophosphite
Antique amber glass bottle, with a boxwood and cork stopper.
Green label: SUBSTANCE TO BE STORED SEPARATELY – CODEX 1908
Handwritten label, pen inscription, neat calligraphy, with its thick and thin strokes.
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.
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Human jaws in porcelain mounted on a blackened wooden base
Anatomical dental model for dentists
19th century
Grams / Tablespoons - Graduated bottle
in French: Grammes / Cuillères à soupe
Antique medicine bottle
Apothecary
BYLA - Antique Pharmacy bottle in amber glass
Antique mechanical date stamp with rotating discs
Light wooden handle and metal frame.
The metal mechanism is in working order, but the rotating rubber date bands are original, dry and cracked, and in some places broken (printing functionality not guaranteed).
Sold for decorative purposes.
Antique mechanical date stamp with rotating discs
Weathered wooden handle and metal frame.
The metal mechanism is in working order, but the rotating rubber date bands are original, dry and cracked, and in some places broken (printing functionality not guaranteed).
Sold for decorative purposes.
Créosote
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 in high doses
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Black lacquered boiled cardboard sewing box with Japanese-inspired decoration circa 1860-1880
From the Société Française des Cotons à Coudre
19th century - Napoleon III era - Japonism period
Flaw: traces of ancient adhesive residue as seen in the photos
Antique manual pharmacy stamp - BERTHIER Pharmacy
The rubber base, engraved in relief, reads: ‘Pharmacie de BERTHIER / rue de Phalsbourg / PARIS’.
Sturdy metal frame and ergonomic handle made from turned blackened wood
Aqua Calris - Hot water
Antique pharmacy jar
Apothecary
Infangyl Carlier
Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
The box still contains its full, sealed bottle and instructions
Essence of star anise
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Eau de Botot - Tooth-cleansing Elixir
CODEX 1884
Antique 19th-century pharmacy bottle
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Tripod Torch Holder with Coat of Arms - Napoleon III-era Troubadour style in brass
This style, known as ‘Troubadour style’, reintroduced fantastical animals and medieval imagery into the decorative arts.
19th century
Sold without candle
