Antique wooden advertising case for Nestlé concentrated infant milk
Found in Parisian cellars that served as laboratories and storage rooms for pharmacists preparing their masterful concoctions from 1900 to 1950.
It was used to store products, glass bottles, etc.
Period: Circa 1910–1930
Antique wooden advertising case for Nestlé condensed milk
Found in Parisian cellars that served as laboratories and storage rooms for pharmacists to prepare their prescriptions from 1900 to 1950.
It was used to store products, glass bottles, etc.
At the time, Nestlé milk was considered a prescription product, far from the grocery store shelves and therefore sold in pharmacies.
The box lay dormant in the darkness of the pharmacy's cellars, preserving its stenciled inscriptions from the sun's rays.
The famous nest logo and the words ‘La Santé de l'Enfant’ (Children's Health) are a reminder of the crucial role played by pharmacies in the fight against infant mortality. The patina has been left untreated, ‘in its original state’: see photos.
Period: Circa 1910–1930 – Late Belle Époque or early Roaring Twenties. The thick black lettering is characteristic of Nestlé's early major medical advertising campaigns.
Dimensions: 48.5x33cm Height: 17.5cm Weight: 3Kg
The box is period with signs of wear, drips, stains, etc. The bottom shelf is loose. See photos
Stenciled inscriptions
Teinture de Cantharides - POISON
Lytta vesicatoria - Spanish fly
Antique blue glass pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
Early 20th century - Blown glass.
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
Alum
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Color pigments have been added to the inside of the jar
Hypophosphite de Calcium
Antique pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Sodium formate
Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
There is still some product left inside
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
An antique absinthe topette (decanter)
10 Beaded Topette
Noirot Extract
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Beautiful reflections in the glass
Naturalized Small-spotted catshark
Scyliorhinus canicula
Unprotected species - Old taxidermy: visible suture under the belly and on the left side near the mouth
Box of cocaine lozenges
MBC (Menthol Cocaïno Boraté)
Period: Belle Époque, Art Nouveau style
EMPTY
Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 6
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1749
Complete original edition with 5 fold-out plates
Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 8
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1750
Complete original edition with 10 fold-out plates
Quéry's - Mosquito Repellent Box
Rare, still-sealed item
Early 20th century, circa 1915–1919
Features the famous logo of a monkey blowing on one of the insecticide cones.
Boule de Nancy - Genuine Mars Vulnerary Ball - Steel Ball
This iron-containing ball was once considered a miracle cure for many ailments and injuries.
The Boule de Nancy is sold individually in a small antique drugstore box
Unavailable today
Mastic of Chios
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
Strychnine - Arsenic
Antique pharmacy bottle from the early 20th century
Green label: POISONOUS SUBSTANCE - CODEX 1908
This means that this bottle had to be kept separate from the others as it was extremely dangerous and lethal - POISON
EMPTY
Antique wooden advertising case for Nestlé concentrated infant milk
Found in Parisian cellars that served as laboratories and storage rooms for pharmacists preparing their masterful concoctions from 1900 to 1950.
It was used to store products, glass bottles, etc.
Period: Circa 1910–1930
